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Counter contamination an uphill battle: a groundwater cleanup project at Fort Riley needed some extra Army muscle to conquer an uphill plume.
Pollution Engineering, March, 2008 by Elliott, Deborah
It's one thing to have a large contaminated groundwater cleanup project on your hands; it's another thing to find an additional area of contamination in the process of cleaning up the first one--especially when the new problem will be an uphill battle. Literally.
That was exactly what happened to the U.S. Army Fort Riley installation restoration program team. New missions and changes in the fort's mission, along with incoming base realignment and closure, and integrated global presence and basing strategy personnel, resulted in rapid development, including training areas, housing and recreation facilities. This development created challenges for the restoration team to transform previously contaminated areas available for unrestricted use. The characterization...
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