| From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
| Date: | Wed, 25 May 2016 13:12:21 -0700 (PDT) |
| Reply: | cpeo-military |
| Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] FORMER SITES, VOCs, MUNITIONS: Groundwater sampling at former Nebraska Ordnance Plant |
New wells digging deeper at former NOP By Sam Farmer May 25, 2016 MEAD – Deep issues face the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers working to treat underground water at the Nebraska Ordnance Plant near Mead, as recent results from bedrock test wells showed concentrations of RDX and TCE above desired action levels. Edwin Long, senior project manager with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, made the announcement at the treatment facility’s open house on May 18. Earlier this spring, three new clusters of monitoring wells were installed at the south end of the known plumes, but dug deeper into the bedrock aquifer than had been previously penetrated. Water samples from these wells showed the high concentration levels in April, said Long. … For the entire article, see http://www.wahoo-ashland-waverly.com/news/new-wells-digging-deeper-at-former-nop/article_4d6e03e4-228e-11e6-9f9d-af36ba203a42.html -- 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> http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org | |
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