From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Fri, 13 Jul 2018 23:57:36 -0700 (PDT) |
Reply: | cpeo-military |
Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] PFAS, CLOSURE: Brunswick Landing (ME) sewer pipes |
Contaminated groundwater at Landing possibly in sewer pipes BY DARCIE MOORE Brunswick Times-Record July 3, 2018 Contaminated groundwater at Brunswick Landing may have seeped into wastewater pipes bound for the Brunswick Sewer District, which discharges treated water into the Androscoggin River. It’s unknown how much, if any perfluorinated compounds — or PFCs — have leeched into the sewer lines at the former base. Federal and state environmental officials do not yet have a process for regulating PFCs, manufactured compounds used in fire suppressant foam — as well as everyday objects — and an emerging contaminate found at many airports and military installations. It’s an issue the Brunswick Sewer District is paying attention to. The five-member board of trustees last week voted unanimously to take over ownership of seven miles of gravity wastewater sewer lines at Brunswick Landing as of July 1, seven years after the base closed. … For the entire article, see https://www.timesrecord.com/articles/front-page/contaminated-groundwater-at-landing-possibly-in-sewer-pipes/ [Sorry. I combined two messages earlier. -LS] -- Lenny Siegel Executive Director Center for Public Environmental Oversight a project of the Pacific Studies Center P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042 Voice/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 | |
Prev by Date: [CPEO-MEF] Groundwater contamination at the New Cassel Industrial Area, Long Island, New York Next by Date: [CPEO-MEF] Recognizing the Potential for PFAS at OB/OD Munitions Disposal Sites | |
Prev by Thread: [CPEO-MEF] Groundwater contamination at the New Cassel Industrial Area, Long Island, New York Next by Thread: [CPEO-MEF] Recognizing the Potential for PFAS at OB/OD Munitions Disposal Sites |