Background

The PCE Former Dry Cleaner Site is located in Atlantic, Cass County, Iowa. The site is a former dry cleaning facility located at 1205 E. 7th Street and operated during the 1960s. In 1974, the Iowa Department of Transportation leased the site as a materials testing laboratory. The former dry cleaning facility and IDOT laboratory facility no longer exist at this location. Municipal drinking water wells have been impacted due to groundwater contamination associated with the former dry cleaner. The groundwater contaminants of concern were identified to be the following volatile organic compounds: tetrachloroethene (PCE) and its degradation products including tricholoroethene (TCE) and ...
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