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Friday, May 03, 2013

Delaware Well Tainted With Exotic Toxin Linked To Superfund Site

A hard-to-remove toxic chemical that surfaced in a deep new Artesian Water Co. well south of New Castle has heated up debate over financial responsibility for fouled public water supplies and the effectiveness of a more-than-30-year Superfund cleanup effort.

State and federal officials say they are confident the high levels of the likely carcinogen 1,4 dioxane, found in an Artesian well under Llangollen Estates, escaped from the Delaware Sand & Gravel Landfill federal Superfund site, nearly a mile to the north off Grantham Lane.

Artesian shut down the well before it went into regular use, but officials acknowledged Monday that lower levels of the same chemical were detected last year in other wells that are part of the utility’s large regional supply complex around Llangollen Boulevard.

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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

We bury our waste , out of sight , out of mind.
We used to burn our waste , save the air .
What is next , we have ruined the air , we have poisoned the water , we poisoned the government with muslim minded democrats.

Anonymous said...

But who needs regulations, right?

Anonymous said...

lol 602, seems to me if we had it your way, these companies could do what they want, there would never have been a "superfund" site. Instead you would be guzzling chemicals by the gallon. Get sick? Tough, it was your choice to drink water right?

Anonymous said...

Right 8:25 esp govenment regulation which is nothing more than a front for big business who want to rid themselves of competition. Regulation should be done by independant watch dog groups and not an agency such as the EPA which is controlled by politicians whose heads are up the butts of corporate executives.

Anonymous said...

Independent Watchdog Groups. Like the beloved Waterkeepers Alliance?