[CPEO-MEF] VOCs: Twin Cities Ammo Plant (MN) water treatment settlement

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

City of New Brighton resolves dispute with U.S. Army over water cleanup

By Kassie Petermann
Sun Focus (MN)
February 5, 2015

The city of New Brighton has reached an agreement with the U.S. Army  
and the U.S. Department of Justice - the federal government will  
continue to pay New Brighton’s costs for operating the city’s water  
treatment facility for the next 30 years.

The agreement, contained in a supplemental litigation settlement  
agreement filed in federal district court in Minnesota, assures that  
the city will receive the funding needed to provide the same level of  
safe and clean water that residents have received for the past two  
decades.

New Brighton’s water treatment facility pumps and treats more than 1  
billion gallons of water per year, on average. It is equipped with  
state-of-the-art technology used to remove U.S. Army contaminants  
from the water. Between 1990 and 2013, the facility removed more than  
11 tons of volatile organic compounds from the water supply. Excess  
water produced that is not used by New Brighton is delivered to Fridley.

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For the entire article, see
http://focus.mnsun.com/2015/02/05/city-of-new-brighton-resolves- 
dispute-with-u-s-army-over-water-cleanup/

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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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