[CPEO-BIF] Delaware groundwater (part 3)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

For worst pollution, solutions in short supply

Chlorine-based chemicals slow to break down

By JEFF MONTGOMERY
Wilmington News Journal (DE)
July 26, 2010


Delaware's Christina Riverfront developments often get first mention 
when state officials talk about contaminated site cleanups -- long-idle, 
moderately tainted properties cleaned up with public help, paved over 
and returned to productive use.

But time and progress are measured in decades at the state's most 
hazardous groundwater pollution sites, and solutions often are in short 
supply.

Some of Delaware's first federal Superfund cleanup projects continue to 
surprise regulators and threaten water supplies today, despite 
qualifying for government attention more than 20 years ago. Doubts have 
lingered at sites in all three counties.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=20107260325

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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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