[CPEO-MEF] Water contamination in Korea

[Steve@miltoxproj.org]

The Seoul City government plans to determine the cause of 
contaminated springwater around Noksapyeong Station on subway line 6, 
near the U.S. military base in Yongsan, Seoul, officials said yesterday.

"We will conduct drilling to find out what caused the water
contamination there," a city official said. "We will select a company to 
carry out the work by the end of the month and finish the probe by 
year-end."

The city government is currently consulting with U.S. military =
officials on the drilling. Once the location and the number of wells to 
be drilled are decided, the city plans to analyze the soil and rocks 
collected from the area and ascertain from which direction the oil is 
coming. A fuel leak is suspected of contaminating the underground 
spring.

Seoul City discovered kerosene in the springwater near the station
in January last year and April this year.

For the full story go to:
http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2002/07/06/200207060037.asp

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