HUFF'S CHURCH ROAD & BLACKHEAD HILL
From the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s, Bally Case and Cooler, a nearby company, reportedly sent drums of liquid waste to Crossley Farm for disposal. Until 1970, Bally used TCE, the contaminant found in the groundwater, as a degreaser. In 1983, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources sampled residential wells downhill from the site, and found that they were contaminated with various volatile organic compounds, or VOCs. Trichloroethylene is a VOC. At that time, the agency issued a warning to residents not to drink water from their residential wells, and the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency provided temporary bottled water for the community. In 1987, EPA began a regional groundwater study, which concluded that a large area of TCE-contaminated groundwater began at the crest of Blackhead Hill and extended two and half miles south of the farm. Public and private wells within four miles of the site supply drinking water to an estimated 4,800 people. The closest private well is less than a mile from Crossley Farm.
371 |
People living within a 1 mile radius |
$54,445 |
Average Income |
153 |
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