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Creek near Northeast Samsung plant hit with millions more gallons of waste spilled from facility

Just weeks after the city reported sulfuric acid waste spilling from Austin's Samsung plant into a nearby creek, the tech giant that is in the process of a Central Texas expansion has reported millions more gallons of spillage. More than 2 million gallons of stormwater mixed with wastewater spilled into a tributary north of the facility in January.

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Just weeks after the city reported sulfuric acid waste spilling from Austin’s Samsung plant into a nearby creek, the tech giant that is in the process of a Central Texas expansion has reported millions more gallons of spillage. More than 2 million gallons of stormwater mixed with wastewater spilled into a tributary north of the facility in January.

Highlights

  • Samsung reported millions more gallons of spillage in January.
  • More than 2 million gallons of stormwater mixed with wastewater spilled into a tributary north of the facility.
  • Samsung is in the process of a Central Texas expansion.
  • The tech giant is expanding its plant in Austin, Texas, in the early stages of its first phase of a major expansion in the U.S.