quality plating

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The Quality Plating site covers approximately 5 acres in Sikeston. The site originally consisted of a 1-acre unlined lagoon and manufacturing plant. From 1978 until the facility was destroyed by fire in early 1983, Quality Plating was engaged in contract electroplating of common and precious metals. Untreated wastewater originating from the flow-through rinse tanks, as well as acid, alkaline, and metal-plating batch solutions, were continuously discharged into the lagoon at a rate of at least 10,000 gallons per day. The State detected elevated levels of chromium and lead in an on-site well. The area is now used for hay production. The population within a 1-mile radius of the site is 120. Six residences within a mile of the site obtain drinking water from shallow wells.

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