Even if the toxins made it into the Ohio River, they would be confined to the Ohio River (and then diluted into the Mississippi), and not travel upstream into the tributaries. This map is not correct. This is showing the entirety of the Ohio River watershed...not the potential impact of the spill.
Are you sure about that? I thought HCl was a byproduct of the burn off, so it would go into the air causing acid rain. Groundwater could still be contaminated by unburned vinyl chloride or other byproducts.
Even if the toxins made it into the Ohio River, they would be confined to the Ohio River (and then diluted into the Mississippi), and not travel upstream into the tributaries. This map is not correct. This is showing the entirety of the Ohio River watershed...not the potential impact of the spill.
If it is mostly just Hydrochloric acid, the salts will neutralize it
I'd be more worried about the vapors
And phosgene produced.
Are you sure about that? I thought HCl was a byproduct of the burn off, so it would go into the air causing acid rain. Groundwater could still be contaminated by unburned vinyl chloride or other byproducts.
All of this is airborne from the fire.
Here is a map of the U.S. aquifers: https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/aquifers-map-principal-aquifers-united-states The map in the OP is showing the Ohio River watershed.