Soil & Groundwater Newsletter
July 12, 2012
This Week´s Featured News Stories
EPA Reaches $14.6 million Settlement for Groundwater Cleanup at Torrance Superfund Sites
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached a $14.6 million settlement with four companies for the construction of a groundwater treatment system at the Montrose and Del Amo Superfund sites in Torrance, Calif. Construction of the treatment system is the first step in the cleanup of groundwater contaminated by chemicals used to manufacture DDT and synthetic rubber over three decades. Once operational, the system will extract up to 700 gallons of water per minute, or a total of a million gallons each day, removing monochlorobenzene and benzene, and re-injecting the cleaned, treated water ...
USGS Confirms the Presence of Potentially Harmful Levels of Radon in New England Groundwater
Last month, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) announced that a new study has identified potentially harmful levels of naturally occurring arsenic, uranium, radium, radon and manganese in some bedrock groundwater that supplies drinking water wells in New England. According to the USGS news release on the study, “The results highlight the importance of private well owners testing and potentially treating their water.  While public water supplies are treated to ensure that water reaching the tap of households meets federal requirements, there are no such requirements for private supplies, ...
Vac-Con, Inc. unveils power flex boom
Telescopes, articulates and rotates to provide customers with increased job flexibilityVac-Con, Inc. unveiled its latest enhancement to its Municipal, Industrial and X-Cavator product lines when it announced its new telescoping boom, known as Power Flex. The boom has the ability to rotate up to 315º, articulate up to 110º and lift up to 34 feet. The boom also telescopes out 8 feet for a reach of up to 28.5 feet from the truck, and is top-mounted on the debris tank, for front or rear positions. The flexibility of this new boom allows the customer to vacuum at multiple angles and levels for improved access to remote locations and improved maneuverability Read more

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