{"id":3907,"date":"2021-05-13T10:19:40","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T13:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ambipar.com\/uk\/?post_type=noticia&#038;p=3907"},"modified":"2021-06-10T13:15:01","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T16:15:01","slug":"potassium-hydroxide-spill-2","status":"publish","type":"case_study","link":"https:\/\/ambipar.com\/uk\/case-studies\/potassium-hydroxide-spill-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Potassium Hydroxide Spill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When one of our clients experienced a spill of Potassium Hydroxide (UN1814) at one of their UK depots on 8th April 2019, our spill response team were mobilised to assess the situation, remediate any environmental impacts and minimise any human health risks and disruption to operations at the depot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Approximately 700 litres of Potassium Hydroxide solution had leaked from a faulty IBC loaded inside a 40\u2019 trailer which was parked inside a warehouse over the weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Project Works:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ambipar\u2019s specialist response team arrived on site within 2 hrs of receiving a call from our client and rapidly assessed the incident. 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