[CPEO-MEF] PFCs: "Portsmouth [NH] considers 2 sites to replace contaminated well" at former Pease Air Force Base

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Portsmouth considers 2 sites to replace contaminated well

By Jeff McMenemy
Seacoastonline (NH)
December 02. 2014 


PORTSMOUTH - City officials have identified two potential sites to replace the contaminated city-owned Haven Well at the Pease International Tradeport, according to Deputy Public Works Director Brian Goetz.

The two sites that the city is beginning its initial study on to see if they are suitable for city wells is a combination of city-owned and private land in the Great Bog area of Portsmouth and property located in Greenland near Interstate 95, Goetz said.

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City officials have reached a memorandum of agreement with the Air Force concerning the contamination of the Haven Well.

The Air Force has agreed to pay the city $154,000 for the initial costs to find a new water supply, according to Deputy City Attorney Suzanne Woodland.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.seacoastonline.com/article/20141202/NEWS/141209799

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope Street
Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
Fax: 650-961-8918
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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