From: | Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Mon, 23 Sep 2024 13:56:14 -0700 (PDT) |
Reply: | cpeo-military |
Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "Devens [MA] PFAS plumes moving toward Harvard; Army installs monitoring wells" |
Devens PFAS plumes moving toward Harvard; Army installs monitoring wells BY JOAN ELIYESIL Harvard Press (MA) September 20, 2024 The former Fort Devens Restoration Advisory Board met Sept. 12 to give an update on the Army’s investigation of the source and extent of two “plumes” emanating from three known sites near Barnum Road contaminated with PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances). Tests show both plumes moving toward Cold Spring Brook and the northwest section of Harvard. In 2019, Army tests on private wells in that part of Harvard showed PFAS in 45 locations. Surveys to profile the underground aquifers in and around the contamination site area were conducted last spring. Monitoring wells are currently being installed, including three in the Blanchard Road area in Harvard, and two on the eastern side of Cold Spring Brook. All the wells are expected to be installed by early November and groundwater sampling will begin. Surface water and sediment testing in Cold Spring Brook will also be conducted this fall. Work will continue until Thanksgiving. … For the entire article, see https://www.harvardpress.com/News/News-Articles/devens-pfas-plumes-moving-toward-harvard-army-installs-monitoring-wells — Lenny Siegel Executive Director Center for Public Environmental Oversight A project of the Pacific Studies Center LSiegel@cpeo.org P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042 Voice/Fax: 650-961-8918 http://www.cpeo.org Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org) _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org | |
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