[CPEO-MEF] GROUNDWATER TREATMENT: Hanford (WA) sets record

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Record amount of contaminated Hanford ground water treated

BY ANNETTE CARY
TRI-CITY HERALD (WA)
December 7, 2011

Hanford set a record for the most contaminated ground water treated  
in a month, cleaning 100 million gallons of water in November.

With the help of two new treatment plants along the Columbia River,  
enough water was cleaned to drinking water or stricter standards in  
November to fill more than 150 Olympic-size swimming pools, according  
to CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation Co.

The Department of Energy's goal is to treat ground water near the  
Columbia River and treat or contain ground water in central Hanford  
to prevent it from reaching the river, said Briant Charboneau, DOE  
project director.

Changes to the legally binding Tri-Party Agreement have accelerated  
the cleanup of ground water, said Dieter Bohrmann, spokesman for the  
Washington State Department of Ecology, a Hanford regulator.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.thenewstribune.com/2011/12/07/1935566/record-amount-of- 
contaminated.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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