[CPEO-BIF] Lodi, California groundwater contamination

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Lodi City Council updated on groundwater contamination

By Maggie Creamer
Lodi News-Sentinel (CA)
April 4, 2012

Lodi officials spent Tuesday morning learning about water and soil  
extraction wells that the city installed to deal with groundwater  
contamination. The council toured the two wells and treatment  
facility in the alley between Church, Pine, Oak and Pleasant streets  
as part of the meeting.

The equipment is the result of the city's monitoring and cleanup of  
PCE/TCE, two chemicals commonly used by dry cleaners and metal shops  
decades ago. The chemicals ended up in the soil, and after a long  
legal battle, the city reached a settlement with a variety of local  
business, including the Lodi News-Sentinel.

The city is required by the state to monitor the contamination and  
extract it from the central plume.

Councilman Larry Hansen stressed that the measures are because the  
city wants to preserve its water supply.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.lodinews.com/news/article_a038b09e-a023-59eb-84c2- 
f95ffa5c96fc.html

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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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