[CPEO-MEF] WASTEWATER: "Air Force Must Test For Soil Contamination Around Controversial Pipeline" at Joint Base San Antonio (TX)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Air Force Must Test For Soil Contamination Around Controversial Pipeline 

By CARSON FRAME 
Texas Public Radio
MAY 24, 2018 

U.S. representatives Henry Cuellar, Joaquín Castro, and Lloyd Doggett Thursday secured an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act which would improve the wastewater infrastructure for Joint Base San Antonio and surrounding areas.

TPR's Carson Frame reports on efforts to improve the wastewater infrastructure in and around JBSA.
The wastewater pipeline that runs through JBSA serves about 500,000 people in southwest San Antonio and on Lackland Air Force Base. The pipeline, known as W-6, has experienced several sewage overflows in the last few years. San Antonio was mandated by the Environmental Protection Agency to inspect, fix and replace parts of it.

The proposed route of the replacement pipeline crosses an area of the base that contains capped and closed landfills with unknown contents. The Air Force and the city disagree about who would be liable for any contamination discovered during site investigations.

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For the entire article, see
http://tpr.org/post/air-force-must-test-soil-contamination-around-controversial-pipeline

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
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<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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