[CPEO-BIF] "Madison Kipp to remove millions of gallons of contaminated groundwater, " Madison, Wisconsin

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Madison Kipp to remove millions of gallons of contaminated groundwater

by PAT SCHNEIDER
Capital Times (WI)
March 22, 2014

Madison Kipp Corporation is preparing to pump millions of gallons of  
contaminated water from underneath its east side plant to pull an  
underground plume of pollutants away from an aquifer tapped for the  
city’s drinking water supply.

The new groundwater extraction system should be running this summer,  
pending final design approval from the Wisconsin Department of  
Natural Resources, Kipp CEO Tony Koblinski told a dozen neighbors of  
the plant at a community meeting Wednesday.

The system will pump 40 to 50 gallons a minute, from 60 to 175 feet  
deep in areas under and adjacent to the plant where the highest  
concentrations of Perchloroethylene, or PCE, are located, Koblinski  
said. The water will then be filtered to remove PCE, he said.

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