[CPEO-MEF] VOCs: Ft. Meade (MD) groundwater investigation

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Government Seeks Data on Chemical Plume in Odenton


By Tim Lemke
Odenton Patch (MD)
May 19, 2011

The federal government will install wells to test for groundwater  
contamination in Odenton later this year as part of an effort to  
determine the scope of chemical pollution stemming from Fort Meade.

Officials from the nearby Army base plan to install three wells later  
this year, and perhaps an additional four more in 2012, in order to  
learn how far chemical plumes have traveled. Groundwater  
contamination from the chemicals trichloroethylene and  
tetrachloroethylene are believed to stem from a series of former  
industrial sites on base. Officials said they know the width and  
depth of the chemical plume, but not the length.


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For the entire article, see
http://odenton.patch.com/articles/government-seeks-data-on-chemical- 
plume-in-odenton

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Lenny Siegel
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