Water Contamination Near Mead Nebraska
A Superfund Site Near Mead Nebraska Still Has Contaminated Water
The Environmental Protection Agency's website, which was last updated in December of 2008, states that the ground water that was contaminated is not under control. This is what is a concern for many people including some who live in the area affected by the Superfund Site, according to the Omaha World Herald.
The Army Corps of Engineers has a website which has a fact sheet from October of 2008 stating that contamination could occur past the contained site within the next five or ten years. The site near Mead, Nebraska is a former Ordnance Plant which had contained bombs and rockets that were used during World World Two and the Korean War.
While the Army Corps of Engineers did not attend the meeting in December of 2008, they did have an open house in April and will have other open houses in the months to come.
Former State Senator, Don Preister was forced out of the Nebraska Legislation due to term limits according to Nebraskans for Peace. He appeared to be a driving force in keeping the concerns about this Superfund Site near Mead in the public eye.
This includes reports by Omaha's KETV 7, the Omaha World Herald and Lincoln's Journal Star. The news articles are all from 2008. Will the concerns about the Superfund Site near Mead, Nebraska be taken care of?
Water is vital for agriculture as well as drinking in Nebraska. This issue is therefore very important for both the health and economic well being of the state of Nebraska.
The Superfund Site near Mead, Nebraska is not the only Superfund Site in Nebraska. There is also the Superfund Site in Eastern Omaha which was due to the ASARCO Lead Smelter. The cleanup for the ASARCO Superfund Site appears to be mostly about lead in the soil according to the United States Environmental Protection Agency although there was some water contamination mentioned as well.
The idea of water contamination near Mead, Nebraska and also near the Missouri River in Omaha, Nebraska is frightning.
This is a situation that needs to be dealt with. Luckily, both the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers appear to be dealing with the water contamination near Mead, Nebraska's Superfund Site.
Other Resources:
http://www.catloversagainstthebomb.org/peacemakers.php
http://www.ketv.com/news/17042579/detail.html
http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2008/07/30/news/nebraska/doc4890a855f3d5c554871076.txt
http://www.epa.gov/region07/programs/artd/air/rules/nebraska/asarcoplan.htm
http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/npl/nar1660.htm
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Post a CommentAs if we needed another reason why any nation that goes to war is always a looser. 65 years after the fact, and we cannot even drink the F'ing water. How many locations that currently make weapons for the Military Industrial Complex will be superfund clean-up sites in another decade? Amazing.