[CPEO-MEF] Otis Air Base (MA) cost savings

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Air Force eyes savings on cleanup

By George Brennan
Cape Cod Times (MA)
November 28, 2008 6:00 AM

CAMP EDWARDS - Air Force officials believe they can effectively clean 
groundwater contaminated by solvents and fuel spills and save taxpayers 
$200 million in the process.

At a meeting last week, Rose Forbes, project manager for the Air Force 
Center for Engineering & Environment, spelled out efficiencies from 
changing light bulbs to building wind turbines that may save millions 
off the bottom line of the massive cleanup.

In 2002, Air Force officials estimated it would cost $501 million to 
complete the groundwater clean up, which includes extracting water from 
12 plumes, running it through water treatment plants and injecting it 
back into the ground.

To date the Air Force has spent $626 million on the cleanup, which 
includes cleaning water that has migrated off base into the Hatchville 
section of Falmouth. Officials now estimate it will cost $159 million to 
finish the job in 2050, a projection that's $195 million less the 
original projected cost of $989 million.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081128/NEWS/811280322/-1/NEWSLETTER100

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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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