[CPEO-MEF] VOCs, FUDS: Cheyenne (WY) Atlas missile site

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Cheyenne's water will be TCE free

By Jodi Rogstad
Wyoming News
May 30, 2010

CHEYENNE -- A new system will be up and running as early as summer 2011 
to remove an industrial solvent from the city's water supply, the office 
of U.S. Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., reports.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has agreed to build a state-of-the-art 
treatment system to bring the trichloroethylene level to zero, according 
to a release.

Barrasso praised the decision, saying Wyoming taxpayers won't have to 
foot the bill.

"Families who live in Cheyenne deserve access to clean, safe water 
throughout their community," he added.

Back in 1997, tests picked up traces of an industrial solvent in the 
city's wells west of the city.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.wyomingnews.com/articles/2010/05/31/news/19local_05-31-10.txt

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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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