former Pratt Army Air Field, Kansas

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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New contaminant in airport water

By Gale Rose
Pratt Tribune (KS)
August 26, 2004

Chemicals used at a fire station at the Pratt Army Air Field during
World War II may be the source of elevated levels of carbon
tetrachloride found at one of two water wells servicing the Pratt
Industrial Airport.

The elevated level is small and is not high enough to cause an immediate
health concern, said Pratt City Manager David Howard.

"If the level had posed an immediate health threat, the public would
have been notified immediately," Howard said.

Tests are under way by the Army Corps of Engineers to determine the
source of the elevated levels of carbon tetrachloride found in the water
well. Tests on the second well at the airport indicate it does not have
elevated carbon tetrachloride.

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for the entire article, see
http://www.pratttribune.com/articles/2004/08/26/news/news1.txt

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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