[CPEO-MEF] FORMER SITES, VOCs: Sampling TCE at former Larson Air Force Base (WA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Seattle District
Press Release no. 13-018
April 18, 2013

Army Corps testing Moses Lake wells for contaminants

SEATTLE - As part of the Environmental Protection Agency's long-term  
effort to clean contaminated groundwater and soil at the Moses Lake  
Wellfield Superfund site, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ officials are  
planning to test groundwater samples at a mix of monitoring and  
private drinking water wells this spring.

This week Corps representatives are going door-to-door asking for  
access to about 35 new private drinking water wells in Cascade  
Valley. Simultaneously rights-of-entry for 68 monitoring wells are  
being reestablished. Later Corps officials will schedule sampling  
work with each well owner.

The majority of Moses Lake residents get their drinking water from  
the City of Moses Lake or a community system which is tested  
regularly to ensure it meets Safe Drinking Water Act standards.  
However, small water systems and other private wells are not required  
to be tested. The Corps is focusing on these small water systems and  
private wells located near contaminated groundwater. For the past  
several years, all wells that were tested for TCE in Cascade Valley  
have met safe drinking water standards.

The groundwater contamination is from operations on the old Larson  
Air Force Base and Grant County Airport where an industrial solvent,  
trichloroethylene (TCE), was used for cleaning and stripping aviation  
parts. As a result, deep beneath the soil are two TCE-contaminated  
groundwater plumes located under the former air base property.

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For the entire release, see
http://www.nws.usace.army.mil/Media/NewsReleases/tabid/2408/Article/ 
13014/army-corps-testing-moses-lake-wells-for-contaminants.aspx

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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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