[CPEO-MEF] VOCs: Navy-Grumman plume spreads south, Bethpage, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

MWD: Major Flaws Found In Groundwater Model

Massapequan Observer (NY)
April 22,  2011

After over a decade of hard work and persistence by the Massapequa  
Water District (MWD), federal experts have concluded that the heavily  
relied upon Grumman-Navy groundwater model is inadequate.

According to MWD officials, this computer model has been used by the  
NYSDEC, Grumman and the U.S. Navy to minimize and downplay the severe  
impact that the toxic Grumman-Navy groundwater plume will have on the  
over 25 public supply wells in the path of the contamination.   
Collectively these wells supply vital drinking water to over 160,000  
Nassau County residents. All nine supply wells operated by MWD are  
also in the path of the plume and provide potable water to its 43,000  
residents.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.antonnews.com/massapequanobserver/news/14829-mwd-major- 
flaws-found-in-groundwater-model.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
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