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CUMBERLAND -- An overflow from the Pawtucket Water treatment plant at 120 Mill St. forced police to close the road early this afternoon.

The leak remains under investigation.

Jim Ball, the DEM's chief of emergency response, said a plant employee overfilled one of the tanks, causing some 50 gallons of diluted potassium promagnate to spill onto Mill Street.

The chemical, Ball said, is not hazardous, but it's noticeable as it has a magenta color. Potassium promagnate is commonly used as a fisnisher to help clean the treated water, Ball said.

Company officials were going to sand the area to absorb the liquid, Ball said.

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