OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (AP) - A cleanup project has begun in Ocean Springs to address a pollution problem that dates back more than two decades.
WLOX TV reports (https://bit.ly/2jMN69S ) that an environmental contractor is drilling holes in the east parking lot of Spring Plaza, a retail center on U.S. Highway 90 in Ocean Springs.
More than 20 years ago, it was discovered that potentially harmful chemicals from a dry cleaning business were leaching into the ground. Over the years, several remediation efforts have been tried.
A specialty contractor from Colorado is drilling holes as deep as 20 feet and then injecting a compound that’s designed to neutralize the harmful chemicals underground.
Several monitoring wells were installed on the site years ago to help measure and evaluate any harm to the environment.
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Information from: WLOX-TV, https://www.wlox.com
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