The settlement requires Pepco to remediate Buzzard Point and Benning Road Facilities, opening the door to further litigation for historic damage to Anacostia river
With this historic settlement, the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) over the past 10 years will have recovered nearly $120 million to promote environmental justice in the District.
Chlorinated solvent usage at a former printing facility in Orange County, California (Figure 1) contaminated the soil, soil vapor, and groundwater with tetrachloroethene (PCE) and trichloroethene (TCE).
There are more than 12,000 types of PFAS, not all of which can be detected with current tests; the U.S. Geological Survey study tested for the presence of 32 types.
At least 45% of the nation’s tap water is estimated to have one or more types of the chemicals known as per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances, or PFAS, according to a new study by the U.S. Geological Survey.
A new solid, colloidal organic material (AquiFix) markedly improves remedial outcomes for in situ (i.e., in place) bio-barrier treatments designed to stop migrating CVOC plumes.
Dr. Matthew Christiansen, state health officer and commissioner, says the data is helping the state plan ahead in anticipation of new drinking water standards.
According to a news release from the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, over two dozen public water systems in West Virginia have detectable levels of so-called "forever chemicals."
Webinar: Remediation Technology sits down with Brian Pinkard of Aquagga and Maureen Dooley of Regenesis to discuss options for destroying PFAS from AFFF firefighting foam.
Webinar: PFAS destruction products are increasingly commercially available, with technologies like Aquagga’s hydrothermal alkaline treatment, or HALT, and Regenesis’s PlumeStop, an in-situ colloidal activated carbon, or CAC.