[CPEO-MEF] DIOXANE, VOCs: New Brighton, MN, drinking water.

[Lenny Siegel]

New Brighton continues to address water contamination


by Kassie Petermann
Sun Focus (MN)
February 6, 2016 

The New Brighton City Council on Jan. 26 unanimously approved steps toward finding a permanent drinking water solution.

Last April, the city announced that a contaminant of emerging concern, 1,4-dioxane, was detected in trace amounts in some of the city’s wells. The likely source of the dioxane is the nearby site of the former Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant, which was identified as the source of other contaminants in New Brighton’s drinking water supply.

Upon the discovery, the city switched wells and is obtaining water from deeper wells that are free of 1,4-dioxane and other contaminants. The city will continue to use the Mt. Simon/Hinckley wells as its primary water supply until a new dioxane treatment facility is completed in 2018.

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For the entire article, see
http://focus.mnsun.com/2016/02/06/new-brighton-continues-to-address-water-contamination/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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