surface water contamination News
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Scientists suggest alternative source of arsenic contamination
New research contradicts previous findings that arsenic contamination — an environmental crisis that affects more than 60 million people in the Bengal Basin — in groundwater may result from arsenic coming from man-made ponds, suggesting instead that it originates in sediments in aquifers. Groundwater sites across southern and eastern Asia contains arsenic levels that can cause ...
By SciDev.Net
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Final cleanup plan approved for Cabot carbon/koppers superfund site in Gainesville, Fla. (FL)
A final cleanup plan, formalized in a document known as the Record of Decision (ROD), has been signed by EPA for the Cabot Carbon/Koppers Superfund Site in Gainesville, Fla. The ROD outlines how the Potentially Responsible Party (PRP) Beazer East will be required to address soil, sediment, groundwater and surface water contamination from the site. EPA will oversee the work to ensure all the ...
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More than US$22m sought for Northern California mine site cleanup
The US Department of Justice, on behalf of the US Environmental Protection Agency, and the California Department of Toxic Substances Control, filed a complaint today seeking more than $22 million to recover past cleanup costs at the Lava Cap Mine Superfund Site in Nevada County, Calif. The complaint, filed against alleged former owner and operator Canadian-based Sterling Centrecorp Inc., and ...
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Cleaned-up superfund site to benefit New Jersey town
Exhibiting the very spirit of the Superfund program, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Regional Administrator, Alan J. Steinberg, joined Congressman Frank Pallone and Edison Township Mayor Jun Choi today in announcing the closure of the sale of a 5.7-acre property, which once was marked as a Superfund site, and will be put to productive use by the community of Edison Township, New ...
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United Park City Mines agrees to clean up mine waste at Richardson Flat Superfund site
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that United Park City Mines (UPCM) has entered into an agreement with multiple federal and state agencies to assess, cleanup, and restore more than 2,700 acres that are contaminated with historic mining waste within the Richardson Flat Superfund site near Park City, Utah. Under the terms of an administrative order on consent between ...
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EPA administrator Jackson outlines new vision for clean, safe drinking water
In a speech at the Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies (AMWA) annual conference in Washington, D.C., U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson announced the agency is developing a broad new set of strategies to strengthen public health protection from contaminants in drinking water. The aim is to find solutions that meet the health and economic needs of communities across the country more ...
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