2013 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 14:18:24 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] "Source for Limerick [Pennsylvania] well contamination still uncertain"
 
Source for Limerick well contamination still uncertain

By Evan Brandt

Pottstown Mercury (PA)
July 17,2013

LIMERICK - A well sample on a chemically contaminated site on Ridge Pike showed pollution levels 832 times the government safe drinking water standard.

However, state officials are still not sure the site is the source of the pollution that has fouled 22 area wells and will result in carbon filtration systems being installed in five homes as part of an effort to protect residents from the pollutionâs effects.

The test result - 4,160 parts per billion - was revealed during Wednesday nightâs public hearing on the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protectionâs proposed âinterim solutionâ to the groundwater pollution problem at what it is calling the âLandis Creek Site.â

The test was taken at the location of a former heating equipment company known as Roll Form on West Ridge Pike.
...

For the entire article, see
http://www.pottsmerc.com/article/20130717/NEWS01/130719337/source-for- limerick-well-contamination-still-uncertain

See also
http://www.pottsmerc.com/article/20130717/NEWS01/130719452/limerick- hearing-today-to-focus-on-well-contamination

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
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