Re: suggestions to agitate stream flow?

Scott, sorry for the late reply, was out of town.  I hope you don't mind
that I bcc'd your private email so the spambots wouldn't get to it.
Anyway, I've answered your questions below.  Thanks again for your input.


On Fri, 21 Nov 2003, Scott Steven Riley wrote:

> Hi, I looked at the photo. How much land do you have to work with?

We have as much land as we would need for elaborate equipment setups but
there are many trees and it is quite far from paved road so equipment
mobilization costs would be prohibitive.

> Is it possible to create a small pond (with a trackhoe and then add
> vegatation) to treat the water biologically?

I don't think we could get a trackhoe back there economically.  A lot of
vegetation would have to be removed, including some very large trees.
Then the ground is very soft.

> Is the source of the TCE and PCL finate and whose responsibility is it?

The TCE & PCE are leachate from a nearby landfill.  This landfill is owned
by the Dept of Energy.

> Whose footing the bill and what resources do they have?

I believe that the EPA/DOE would share the bill.  But really it would
ultimately be us, i.e., the taxpayers.  The problem is that we only have a
certain budget allocated for this.  If we spend a lot on this, other
projects would suffer from lack of funds.

> The bio pond is still probably the best bet.
> Scott

I'm starting to agree with your bio pond idea.

Bob