[CPEO-MEF] FORMER SITES, VOCs: "Military's use of [San Luis Obispo, CA] Airport may have played a role in groundwater contamination"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Military's use of SLO Airport may have played a role in groundwater contamination

BY CHRIS MCGUINNESS
San Luis Obispo New Times (CA)
April 27, 2016

Rumors that the SLO County Regional Airport might be responsible for a toxic chemical found in private wells in the Buckley Road area began immediately after the problem was first discovered. 

And while investigators have yet to determine what role, if any, the airport played in the contamination of 12 private wells by the chemical known as trichloroethene (TCE), documents obtained by New Times revealed the possibility that the U.S. military’s past use of the airport might have contributed to the groundwater’s contamination. 

The initial mention that the military’s use of the airport could be a possible explanation for the TCE contamination occurred in a Feb. 26 letter from the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Board to airport officials. 


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For the entire article, see
http://www.newtimesslo.com/news/13749/militarys-use-of-slo-airport-may-have-played--a-role-in-groundwater-contamination/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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