A reservoir collapsed on Monday at Ajkai Timfoudgyar alumina plant in the town of Ajka in Hungary. A toxic-sludge flood hit seven towns, who are now facing contaminated water, fouled fields, and wrecked ecosystems. Alumina is used in the smelting of aluminum. There has been reports of seven people who have been killed and many others are missing. Yesterday, there were warnings about this reservoir collapsing. Today, experts are estimating that there is an estimated 500,000 cubic meters more of red sludge that could escape from the reservoir. Tests done show a high concentration of heavy metal in the sludge. The company that owns this plan has rejected claims that it should have taken more precautions.
I really think that something like this could have been prevented. The company should be responsible to an event like this. There should have been warnings about it. The people working there should have noticed there were cracks and found a way to prevent it from happening. But now that it has happened, the company will have to come up with something to compensate for it like the BP oil spill.
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