From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:22:00 -0800 (PST) |
Reply: | cpeo-brownfields |
Subject: | [CPEO-BIF] Casper, Wyoming perchloroethylene |
Contamination remains in north, downtown Casper Officials say drinking water not affected By PETE NICKEAS Casper Star-Tribune (WY) February 22, 2010Most of the contaminated groundwater and soil that environment officials found in north and downtown Casper in the mid 1990s is still contaminated, according to testing results released Thursday night by the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality. The testing was done this fall and revealed widespread groundwater and soil contamination from perchloroethylene, a chemical common to dry cleaning solvents and industrial degreasing chemicals. Some of the contamination downtown is beneath the old Lobell Refinery site. The north Casper site of a former city garage, now a park, is also contaminated, though DEQ officials couldn't say whether the city's maintenance garage contributed to the contamination. DEQ officials said an old dry cleaning facility in north Casper may have contributed to the contamination, as well. Drinking water in the areas is provided by the city and first filtered through the water plant near Fort Caspar. The main threat the contamination presents is from "vapor intrusion," according to David Folkes, principal of EnviroGroup, the company that tested water and soil throughout Casper. ... For the entire article, see http://www.trib.com/news/local/article_1ec48723-7227-5c32-85dc-06d22d77defe.html -- 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> http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Brownfields mailing list Brownfields@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/brownfields-cpeo.org | |
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