[CPEO-BIF] Treated TCE water from Cessna Fluid Power and Farmland Industries,

[Lenny Siegel]

Health officials approve crop application of water from Obee Road Superfund site, Hutchinson, Kansas
	
by John Green 
Hutchinson News (KS)
March 20, 2017

State and federal health officials have approved a city of Hutchinson request to modify the process for cleanup of contaminated groundwater near the Eaton Hydraulics plant by allowing the water to be used to irrigate crops during the growing season.

In the off-season, officials will continue to run water from the area, known as the Airport subsite of the Obee Road Superfund Site, through the city’s Reverse Osmosis plant.

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The contaminants in the groundwater are volatile organic compounds used in manufacturing, primarily trichloroethene or TCE, which was contained in chemical degreasers and other solvents both Cessna Fluid Power and Farmland Industries used in the area for years, according to Kansas Department of Health and Environment documents.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.hutchnews.com/news/local_state_news/health-officials-approve-crop-application-of-water-from-obee-road/article_b5e71ca6-207e-58f7-9c6f-c14f9383b81c.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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