[CPEO-BIF] West Bountiful (UT) VOC plumes

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Cleaning of contaminated plume could take 60 years

by Melinda Williams
Davis County Clipper (UT)
June 11, 2011

WEST BOUNTIFUL - It could be as long as 60 years before a second PCE  
plume, part of the Bountiful/Woods Cross plume site is cleaned up.

In the meantime, West Bountiful residents shouldn't be concerned  
about the safety of culinary wells in the areas. The EPA has hooked  
those residents who had been using domestic wells which could be  
contaminated, with a municipal water system, EPA project manager  
Mario Robles said, and at this time, "to our knowledge, no  
contaminated wells are being used for drinking water.

The Superfund site is divided into two operable units. The first  
plume, known as OU1 (operable unit 1) is on the old Hatchco property  
in Woods Cross and consists of trichloroethylene or TCE, a degreaser  
for metal parts.The second plume is known as OU2, and is  
tetrachloroethene or PCE.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.clippertoday.com/view/full_story/14027186/article-Cleaning- 
of-contaminated-plume-could-take-60-years? 
instance=secondary_stories_left_column

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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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