[CPEO-BIF] Amphenol TCE plume, Franklin, Indiana

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Report on potential contamination from Franklin Amphenol site shows possible spread
Mundell and Associates groundwater models show potential contamination from the Amphenol site might have spread outside Hurricane Creek and East King Street.

WTHR TV-13 News
June 1, 2021

FRANKLIN, Indiana — A new study of potential contamination in Franklin, Indiana suggests additional testing needs to be done to check if dangerous chemicals have spread beyond areas originally tested.

Mundell & Associates, an environmental consulting firm, created a groundwater plume model to suggest where contamination from the former site of the Amphenol Corporation plant may have spread. 

"We're just trying to close the data gaps. Once those data gaps are closed, people can have a greater confidence that the situation that they've found out there has been delineated that it's been going to be properly remediated and that everyone can feel more at ease," said John Mundell, Mundell & Associates president.

The model analyzed potential movement of contaminated water between 1963 and 2018, a period of 55 years.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.wthr.com/article/news/investigations/13-investigates/report-on-potential-contamination-from-franklin-amphenol-site-shows-possible-spread-13-investigates-trichloroethylene-tce/531-892fead8-8d09-450e-8a5f-e6307dca6a91

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
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LSiegel@cpeo.org
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