TCE Treatment in Mountain View

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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The way things work 

Public gets a behind-the-scenes look at TCE clean-up systems in MV 

By Grace Rauh
Mountain View Voice (CA)
April 30, 2004

Under a bright blue sky, a crowd of curious spectators cross the Nokia
parking lot and huddle around a groundwater treatment system on the
technology company's property. 

The clean-up facility is surrounded by a tall fence and would hardly
prompt a second glance from most people, but the group gathered there
last Wednesday was aching for a peek and an explanation. This was, after
all, the first public behind-the-scenes tour of two new clean-up systems
used to remove the cancer-causing solvent TCE from Mountain View's
ground water. 

"When you see it, it's impressive. The technology is impressive," said
Jane Horton, a Northeast Mountain View Advisory Council board member.
"And the safeguards that are with it, it was good to see that." 

...

The treatment systems were installed in 2003 after a group of residents
grew increasingly concerned about the "air strippers" formerly used in
the clean-up efforts. The air strippers were designed to emit TCE in
amounts below the safe level, but residents called for new treatment
systems to entirely remove the chemical. 

...

for the entire story, see 
http://www.mv-voice.com/morgue/2004/2004_04_30.tour.shtml

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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