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Groundwater cleanup at UC Davis Superfund site

Posted by: Maven on February 5, 2010 at 3:47 pm

From U. C. Davis:

“A chain of chemical reactions between organic waste and naturally occurring chromium appears to explain the long-standing elevated levels of the chemical chromium-6, a human carcinogen, in groundwater at a federal Superfund site on the southern edge of the UC Davis campus, according to university environmental professionals.

But the UC Davis officials emphasize that those chemical reactions and the resulting chromium-6 have not increased concentrations of the contaminant in neighboring drinking-water wells above background levels.

“Based on our sampling, there is no indication that the contamination at the site has affected local drinking water or agricultural uses, but we are going to take steps to make sure that this contaminant is addressed or mitigated,” said John Meyer, vice chancellor for administrative and resource management at UC Davis. … “

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February 5, 2010 · Filed Under Groundwater, Sacramento

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