Environment

Question Corner | February 2023

Q: The federal government recently provided funding to plug “orphan” oil and gas wells to prevent groundwater pollution. Are there any near Ann Arbor? A:  A well is considered an “orphan” if it is inactive, unplugged, and...

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Question Corner | December 2022

Q. What will the City of Ann Arbor do if the “Gelman Plume” contaminates Barton Pond? Is there an alternative source of water?  A.  This fiscal year the city will install two “sentinel wells” to watch for the plume approaching...

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Gelman Plume a Superfund Site?

Q. Why do local governments want the EPA to declare the Gelman dioxane plume a Superfund site? A. From the 1960s into the 1980s, Gelman Sciences discharged manufacturing wash water into ponds on its Wagner Rd. property. Bacteria...

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