[CPEO-MEF] GROUNDWATER: Airborne geophysical survey at Nebraska Ordnance Plant site

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Airborne sensor to help chart contamination in Mead area

By Kevin Cole
Omaha World-Herald (NE)
September 29, 2012

A low-flying helicopter, cruising in the vicinity of Mead, Neb., and  
dangling a piece of equipment that looks something like a rocket, is  
not as ominous as it sounds.

Kristine Stein, a project manager with the U.S. Army Corps of  
Engineers, said that starting Monday a helicopter will be conducting  
an aerial geophysical study of the subsurface near the former  
Nebraska Ordnance Plant at Mead. The study is expected to take  
several days and will be used to help determine the movement of  
groundwater contaminated during the plant's operation.

“We have been meeting with residents in the area to let them know  
what is going on so they aren't alarmed,” Stein said. “The equipment  
attached to the helicopter does look a little like military equipment.”

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For the entire article, see
http://www.omaha.com/article/20120929/NEWS/709299910/1016

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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