Water scare outrages Scottsdale residents
Dee Lewis on Nov 16th 2007
November 16, 2007 - 11:28AM
Water scare outrages Scottsdale residents
Ari Cohn, Tribune
Water from a south Scottsdale Superfund site laced with nearly double the maximum legal limit of a suspected cancer-causing chemical may have entered a drinking-water supply in Scottsdale during an eight-day period last month, federal officials revealed Thursday.Scottsdale: TCE scare limited to private supply
OUTRAGE: Robert Romano of Scottsdale demands to know Thursday why nobody immediately knew of a slightly elevated level of TCE, a toxic chemical that is being removed from contaminated sites around the city, at a meeting with public officials oversee
Bettina Hansen, For the Tribune
Representatives of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency also said they have rejected Motorola’s request to remove air filters at the Scottsdale Central Groundwater Treatment Facility near 86th Street and Thomas Road, which treats contaminated groundwater from the North Indian Bend Wash Superfund site. Doing so would have put about 6 pounds of a solvent called trichloroethylene, or TCE, into the air each day in an area bordered by residential neighborhoods, according to Motorola representatives.“The EPA has made the decision that we will keep the filters on,” said Jamey Watt, EPA remedial project manager.
About 70 people turned out for a meeting Thursday to hear about the proposed removal of the air filters. Many were outraged at the announcement that water containing 9 parts per billion of TCE could have been introduced into the drinking water supply. The federal maximum for TCE in drinking water is 5 parts per billion, or 2.5 teaspoons in an Olympic size swimming pool, according to A. Jay Gandolfi, director of a University of Arizona research program on Superfund sites. Continue Reading »
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