Taming the 'Tower Plume'

摘要

It was once called the "Tower Plume," a 3-mi underground stretch of environmental contamination at the former Reese Air Force Base, near Lubbock, Texas. Decades of cleaning solvent use while repairing airplanes at the base resulted in groundwater contamination 1,000 times the allowable level. Original cleanup plans estimated it could take 60 years to 70 years of ongoing remediation before the plume could be cleaned to regulatory standards.