2016 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2016 20:50:34 -0800 (PST)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] VOCs: "Wright-Patterson [OH] gets new [ground]water treatment plant"
 
Wright-Patterson gets new wastewater treatment plant
A new groundwater treatment system has started 


By Barrie Barber 
Dayton Daily News (OH)
January 20, 2016


WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE - A new groundwater treatment system will strip contaminants for years out of a plume of water beneath the surface at Wright-Patterson, base environmental officials say.

The treatment system started operations this month after testing was completed, replacing an aging $7.5 million process in place for more than two decades.

“It was a Cadillac of its time,” but operation costs were rising and parts were becoming increasingly difficult to locate, said Treva A. Bashore, a Wright-Patterson environmental restoration program manager.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.mydaytondailynews.com/news/news/local-military/wright-patterson-gets-new-wastewater-treatment-pla/np8bK/

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