From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:34:28 -0700 (PDT) |
Reply: | cpeo-brownfields |
Subject: | [CPEO-BIF] Delaware Groundwater (Part 2) |
Polluted water found statewide Toxic plume lurks under Dover's historic Green By JEFF MONTGOMERY Wilmington News Journal (DE) July 26, 2010Three months ago, environmental regulators in Delaware received a blunt warning from the Environmental Protection Agency after workers in Dover drilled a deep test well where federal investigators were tracking shallow groundwater pollution. Check first before drilling, the EPA said, or pay the price for endangering the public's water. The letter warned that the drilling might allow the "extensive" contamination to leak into "deeper water-bearing zones used by the City of Dover for drinking water." At issue are toxic chemicals spreading underneath one of the most iconic spots in Delaware - The Green, a town square where Caesar Rodney and other signers of the Declaration of Independence once gathered and political life in Delaware still thrives. ... For the entire article, see http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100726/NEWS/7260329/Polluted-water-found-statewide -- 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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