[CPEO-MEF] McClellan Air Force Base (CA) groundwater

[lsiegel@cpeo.org]

What lurks beneath

McClellan's pollution threatens water supplies; Air Force must clean it up

Editorial
Sacramento Bee (CA)
October 2, 2005


Above ground, the site of the former McClellan Air Force Base is
steadily evolving into a vibrant private enterprise. Underneath,
however, is a toxics problem that could blow into a groundwater crisis.

The ground at McClellan is grossly contaminated with solvents and other
industrial liquids from the days when the base was an aircraft
maintenance facility. For now, the solvents are largely contained to an
underground plume around the base. But if this plume were to spread into
an aquifer that this region depends on, watch out.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.sacbee.com/content/opinion/story/13651819p-14494203c.html

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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
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