June 27, 2013
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Soil & Groundwater Newsletter June 27, 2013 |
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Tetra Tech Awarded $22 Million Abandoned Mine Site Remediation Program
Tetra Tech, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTEK) announced today that it has been awarded a $22.4 million program to remediate and restore a 280-acre copper mine site in Elko County, Nevada. The Rio Tinto Mine site includes a former copper mine and associated mill, heap leach pads, and tailings from a mine operated between 1932 and 1976. Tetra Tech will remove mine tailings from the nearby Mill Creek for placement in an on-site repository, provide hydraulic engineering services to improve the creek and restore habitat for the local redband trout, and help improve water quality ... | ||
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Studies find methane in Pennsylvania drinking water
New research in Pennsylvania demonstrates that it`s hard to nail down how often natural gas drilling is contaminating drinking water: One study found high levels of methane in some water wells within a half-mile of gas wells, while another found some serious methane pollution occurring naturally, far away from drilling. The findings represent a middle ground between critics of the drilling technique known as hydraulic fracturing who claim it causes widespread contamination, and an industry that suggests they are rare or nonexistent. The contamination from drilling is "not an epidemic. It`s a ... | ||
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