Civil Engineering’s Xiong 'Bill' Yu warns water leaks pose serious safety risks in underground mines

Morton Salt mine remains closed as federal investigators probe water intrusion

WJW: Xiong "Bill" Yu, Chair and Opal J. and Richard A Vanderhoof professor at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in the Case School of Engineering, said that water entering an underground mine can pose a serious safety risk, and investigators must find out the cause of the leak in the Morton Salt mine under Lake Erie before any decision is made about reopening.