Camden officials believe the contamination is likely the result of heavy rainfall seeping into underground storage tanks.
Tests reveal Camden, NJ gas station contaminated with 78% waterwas contaminated with nearly 80% water following a recent storm.
On Sunday, more than a dozen drivers were left stranded after trying to fuel up at the Conoco gas station on Admiral Wilson Boulevard. Two samples taken from the tanks showed a large amount of water in the fuel. Officials said the first sample revealed about 63.96% contamination and the second contained about 78.64% water.The Conoco station remains closed.after a winter storm."There was a lot of mechanisms that had failed, a lot of negligence by the attendants ignoring the alarms," said Judith Lugo, Superintendent of Camden's Division of Weights and Measures.
The gas station was allowed to resume operations after it passed an inspection and follow-up sample tests.
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