In the spring of 2008, Garvey Elevators notified EPA of their impending bankruptcy and indicated that they would no longer operate the groundwater extraction and SVE systems and would discontinue providing alternative water to impacted private well owners. A fund-lead Action Memorandum was signed by EPA in May 2008, and the agency immediately assumed maintenance of the alternative water provisions.
The Action Memorandum was amended (Amendment)in September to reflect two changes in scope of the removal actions. (The Amendment is included in the documents folder of this website). First, the Amendment expanded the removal action scope to include an extension of Hastings Utilities water mains south approximately 1,200 feet on Wabash Street (to Idlewilde Road) and almost one mile south on Showboat Boulevard (from J Street south to Idlewilde Road). Approximately 13 residences which currently utilize individual private wells within the contaminated ground water plume will be hooked-up to these water mains. Second, the Amendment included fabrication of an enclosure within the Quonset housing the existing treatment systems. Only a small portion of the Quonset was dedicated to the existing treatments systems. The Quonset was not climate controlled. The Hastings area experiences extreme seasonal variability of climatic conditions which created maintenance problems with the system components.
In February 2009, Hastings Utilities awarded a contract to a local vendor to extend two water lines: one approximately 5,280 feet on Showboat Blvd between East J Street and Idlewilde Road and the other approximately 1,225 feet on Wabash Avenue to Idlewilde Road. The contract included hookups to those water lines for 13 homes. By the end of April both lines had been extended. Individual hookups will begin in mid May and will take approximately one month to complete.
Samples were collected from the treatment systems and the monitoring well gallery in April. A TV interview was conducted with a regional TV station during the sampling event that highlighted EPA’s work in the area.
Maintenance of the treatment systems continue. Currently three ground water extraction wells and four SVE extraction wells are off line and repairs are underway.
Quarterly sampling of the treatment systems and continued maintenance.
See Planned Removal Actions.
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