fruit avenue plume

NEAR INTERSECTION OF EDITH AND GRAND AVE

The Fruit Avenue Plume Site is located within the city limits of Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico. The contamination is contained in an aquifer underlying a portion of downtown Albuquerque, predominantly in the central business district. The suspected source of the contamination is a defunct dry cleaning facility, Elite Cleaners, which operated from approximately 1940-1970. The estimated size of the plume is 2/3 mile long, 550 to 1300 feet wide, and at least 544 feet deep. . The primary contaminant of concern is TCE, a chlorinated solvent. 187,327 people receive their drinking water from wells within a four-mile radius of the source site. Within one mile of the site, the total population is approximately 11,806, a large percentage of which are workers, not full-time residents. There are two hospitals and two City of Albuquerque municipal wells located 1 to 1 3/4 miles from the source site. The area of contamination consists only of the subsurface soils and ground water. The Record of Decision (ROD) was signed on September 27, 2001 and an Explanation of Significant Differences (ESD) on September 18, 2006. The major components of the remedy as modified by the ESD are extraction and treatment of contaminated shallow, intermediate, and deep zone ground water by using a pump and treat system and by re-injecting some of the treated water. Also included is the implementation of ground water use restrictions and ground water monitoring

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