[CPEO-BIF] Truckee Meadows PCE, Sparks, Nevada

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Tests under way for Washoe ground water contamination

By Jeff DeLong
Reno Gazette-Journal
October 18, 2009
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At a Sparks park, experts are probing the ground in a continuing search 
for a toxic pollutant that’s probably been there for decades.

The monitoring well at Paradise Park is just the latest part of a 
long-term, ongoing effort to remedy pollution from a solvent present in 
the ground water of the Truckee Meadows.

...

They’re looking for PCE, a de-greasing solvent that has shown up in 
trace amounts at a nearby drinking water well operated by the Truckee 
Meadows Water Authority.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.rgj.com/article/20091018/NEWS/91018021/1321

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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