[CPEO-MEF] VOCs, FUDS: Downgradient from former Nebraska Ordnance Plant

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Concerned citizens: Well field could threaten drinking water

By Jon Burleson
Papillion Times (NE)
August 6, 2008

A group of concerned citizens believe groundwater contamination in the 
area of the new Metropolitan Utility District's Platte West water plant 
well field could threaten the drinking water supply for Sarpy and 
Douglas counties.

State Sen. Don Preister of Bellevue added his voice to the group in a 
call for action from the agencies involved. "Very soon MUD is planning 
to begin full-scale operation of high-powered wells in its massive new 
Platte West well field located in western Douglas County," Preister 
said. "If MUD begins full operation at this time, it will place the 
drinking water of the Omaha area at risk."

The group said the reason for the alarm is the presence of massive 
quantities of uncontained toxic chemicals that contaminate about 23 
million gallons of groundwater two miles from the well field at the Mead 
Superfund site.

They are referring to the former Nebraska Ordnance Plant located in 
Saunders County near Mead. According to Environmental Protection Agency 
and Corps reports, the 17,000-acre location has massive soil and 
groundwater contamination. They list more than a half dozen different 
types of noxious waste including trichloroethylene (TCE), 
cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine (RDX), lead, benzyne and even radioactive 
waste. It was designated a Superfund site by the EPA in 1989.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.bellevueleader.com/site/tab6.cfm?newsid=19896163&BRD=2712&PAG=461&dept_id=557008&rfi=6

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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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