[CPEO-BIF] Casper, Wyoming perchloroethylene

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Contamination remains in north, downtown Casper
Officials say drinking water not affected


By PETE NICKEAS
Casper Star-Tribune (WY)
February 22, 2010

Most 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.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.trib.com/news/local/article_1ec48723-7227-5c32-85dc-06d22d77defe.html

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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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