Kochel am See (dpa/lby) - After the leakage of heating oil at the Kochelsee, which is popular with day trippers, the soil is now being examined. Among other things, an excavator is used, said a spokeswoman for the district office in Bad Tölz on Wednesday. Special soil samples should show how far the approximately 600 liters of oil penetrated the soil. "The matter is now being investigated."
According to information from Tuesday, when filling the tank of a swimming pool in Kochel am See (Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen district), the heating oil seeped into the ground and partly got into the lake. Exactly how this happened is still being investigated. It is known that, for technical reasons, the heating oil seeped into the oil tank of the Kristall-Therme Trimini when it was being filled up.
The oil film on the water surface already receded on Tuesday. The oil could be disposed of with special binding agents, and an oil barrier prevented it from spreading further in the lake, it said.
