[CPEO-BIF] TCE near San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport, California

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

SLO airport suspected of polluting wells

Cal Coast News
March 30, 2016 

Twelve wells near the San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport contain levels of a chemical that exceed state limits. The chemical was previously used by the aircraft industry, and regulators suspect the airport property is the source of the pollution.

Trichloroethylene, or TCE, is a chlorinated industrial solvent. TCE is a colorless, volatile nonflammable liquid that the aircraft industry previously used but phased out in the 1970s because of its toxicity, according to the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board.

Regional water board officials say 64 wells were sampled in the Buckley Road area south of the airport. Of the 64, 12 had TCE levels that exceed the state limit of 5 micrograms per liter of water.

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For the entire article, see
http://calcoastnews.com/2016/03/slo-airport-suspected-of-polluting-wells/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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