[CPEO-MEF] VOCs, CONTRACTORS: Northrop-Grumman plume, Bethpage, NY

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Contamination Fears at Local Water District
Federal Intervention Is Required, Massapequa Officials Claim

by Joe Scotchie
Massapequan Observer (NY)
September 3, 2010

You may wonder why the Massapequa Water District is upset over a site in 
Bethpage. The answer, according to water district officials, is that 
"massive highly contaminated plume" might enter the water district 
supply wells.

The site is located at the Northrop-Grumman facility in Bethpage. The 
contamination that water district officials allude to is more commonly 
known as Perchloroethylene (PCE), a cleaning fluid deficiency. Water 
district officials contend that "massive amounts" of such PCE exist and 
are headed to the Massapequa's from the Northrop-Grumman plume. They 
claim that the same problem has already affected the South Farmingdale 
water district, which also serves customers in the Massapequa area. The 
Massapequa Water District has up to 45,000 customers.

For health reasons, water district officials don't want plume drinking 
water to infiltrate the Massapequa supply. In addition, such an 
infiltration is costly. If it occurs, then the water district will have 
to treat and clean up its own water supply.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.antonnews.com/massapequanobserver/news/10119-contamination-fears-at-local-water-district.html

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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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