[CPEO-MEF] ENERGY, CLEANUP: Camp Edwards (MA) considers wind turbines

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Army mulls wind turbines for groundwater cleanup

By Jake Berry
Cape Cod Times (MA)
April 18, 2008

CAMP EDWARDS - The Army's groundwater study program is looking to the 
skies to help power its water cleanup efforts.

Army officials want to install up to six wind turbines around Camp 
Edwards to provide energy for the cleanup around the training grounds. 
The turbines, which would range in size and location, could offset up to 
50 percent of cleanup energy costs, according to Kristina Curley, a 
spokeswoman for the Army Environmental Command Impact Area Groundwater 
Study Program.

Since 1997, the Groundwater Study Program has treated more than 50,000 
tons of soil and more than 500 million gallons of groundwater around 
Camp Edwards. The program continues to treat 2.2 million gallons of 
water each day.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080418/NEWS/804180309

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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