An incident that occurred at a Michigan Pepsi Bottling plant last week has sparked environmental concerns, when nearly 70,000 gallons of Mountain Dew syrup spilled into a floor drain and into the Pepsi plant’ internal sewer system.

PepsiCo’s office at Howell said that the most of the spill contained after it created “a huge foaming event” The Livingston Daily reported on Monday.

An analyst with the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, Carla Davidson said that the magnitude of the spill was extremely unusual. The syrup could have a toxic effect on aquatic life, if it goes into lakes or rivers.

The company officials tried to solve the problem without requiring any help for two days before the plant became overwhelmed, the newspaper reported.

The Department of Environmental Quality received an alert from the Pollution Emergency Alert System when the spilled syrup mixed with waste water, sent over 50,000 gallons of sugar-laced sewage flowing out of the system.

Shea Charles the Howell City Manager stated that the syrup did not get into the public spill system.

Carla Davidson said that the waste water was contained at the water detention basin at the plant, while a small amount went into a ditch behind Key Plastics.

There are several questions unanswered in the spills aftermath. Davidson said that she wanted to know why the tank filled with syrup ruptured and if any other tank could face a similar problem.

“As far as impact to the environment, I think Pepsi is cleaning it up, and we’ll be working with them to prevent discharges like this from happening in the future,” Davidson said. “There was not a release to surface water that we know of, so that’s also a positive.”

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