[CPEO-MEF] U.S. Energy Department to pay for Albany, OR water hook-ups

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Research center plans to pay for water hookups to city line

By Hasso Hering
Albany Democrat-Herald (OR)
July 23, 2005

The Albany Research Center plans to encourage nearby properties to hook
up to the city water system if their wells are contaminated with traces
of solvents. And it will pay for the hookups.

Paul Turner, associate research director at the federal center, 1450
Queen Ave. S.W., said Thursday the government can't force anyone to hook
up to city water, but that it would pay for any hookups and for
construction of a water main to make hookups possible. 

Tests in an area to the west of the center across Broadway Street have
shown traces of TCE and a similar solvent in eight to 10 wells, Turner said.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.dhonline.com/articles/2005/07/23/news/local/news03.txt

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
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