Thursday, October 21, 2010
DEP Hires Firm To Study Coal Slurry
WEST VIRGINIA....
Residents of the Boone County communities of Prenter and Seth are suing eight coal companies they believe poisoned their wells by pumping slurry into old underground mines. Triad Engineering has been hired to study possible links between the underground injection of coal slurry and the contamination of drinking water supplies. DEP Secretary Randy Huffman says Triad's $130,000 one-year study will be "far more comprehensive" than a previous DEP investigation. The study includes all homes along Hopkins Fork of Big Coal River and tributaries of Hopkins Fork from Seth to Prenter
Residents of the Boone County communities of Prenter and Seth are suing eight coal companies they believe poisoned their wells by pumping slurry into old underground mines. Triad Engineering has been hired to study possible links between the underground injection of coal slurry and the contamination of drinking water supplies. DEP Secretary Randy Huffman says Triad's $130,000 one-year study will be "far more comprehensive" than a previous DEP investigation. The study includes all homes along Hopkins Fork of Big Coal River and tributaries of Hopkins Fork from Seth to Prenter
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