[CPEO-MEF] Camp Edwards water cleanup

["lsiegel@cpeo.org" <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Water Cleanup Project Under Way On Cape
Camp Edwards Project Could Take 10 to 15 Years

WCVB-TV 5 (The Boston Channel) 
October 5, 2004

BOURNE, Mass. -- The destruction of explosives and munitions for more than
two decades at Camp Edwards resulted in groundwater contamination that
threatened Cape Cod's water supply.

NewsCenter 5's Amalia Barreda reported that after years of controversy and
pressure from surrounding communities, the Army turned on the system that
will clean up the contaminated water Tuesday.

There was much celebration over a glass of clean water, but it signaled the
beginning of a long awaited clean up of groundwater pollution traced back
to an area of the base known as Demolition Area 1. Scientists found
dangerously high levels of explosives, chemical
cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine, or RDX, and perchlorate in the plume of
groundwater flowing towards Bourne.

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for the entire story, see
http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/3786333/detail.html

-- 
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
http://www.cpeo.org



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