[CPEO-BIF] MTBE in groundwater, Hilltown Township, Pennsylvania

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Proposal stirs up water concerns
Plans for development in Hilltown Twp. add to worries about MTBE 
contamination.

By Patrick Lester
Allentown Morning Call (PA)
April 10, 2007

A developer's plan to build 268 homes in Hilltown Township has sparked 
new concerns about an old problem with a pesky, dangerous chemical 
lurking under the ground in that part of Bucks County.

The problem: a plume of groundwater contamination that has plagued 
homeowners' drinking wells near Routes 313 and 113 in Hilltown and 
Bedminster townships since 1999.

The fear: The problem could spread if developer McGrath Homes of 
Langhorne turns 182 acres of farmland near Minsi Trail and Route 313 
into a housing community.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/quakertown/all-b1_2mtbeapr10,0,7275976.story?coll=all-newslocalquakertown-hed

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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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