[CPEO-MEF] VOCs, FUDS: Nebraska Ordnance Plant downgradient well field

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Groundswell of Controversy

By Jon Burleson
Ralston Recorder (NE)
August 12, 2008



State Sen. Don Preister of Bellevue added his voice to a call for action 
from the agencies involved. Preister and the group, called the 
Restoration Advisory Board, met at the W. Clark Swanson Library, 9101 
West Dodge Road.

"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, benzene 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.ralstonrecorder.com/site/tab7.cfm?newsid=19898737&BRD=2712&PAG=461&dept_id=557009&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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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