July 4, 2009 - A plume of contaminated groundwater that stretches south of the former Northrop Grumman plant in Calverton may be much larger -- and run much deeper -- than originally suspected, according to the Suffolk County health department.
"We found contamination in all the new wells," said Andrew Rapiejko, a health department geologist who oversaw a second round of testing this spring near the former naval weapons facility.
Health department officials, whose initiative was launched last summer based on previous -- but limited -- findings by the U.S. Navy, are also troubled by the potential depth of the plume.
As deep as they could drill in Calverton -- 115 feet -- county workers continued to find traces of volatile organic compounds, or VOCs, in the groundwater.
"It's getting to the deeper aquifer, and that would be a concern," Mr. Rapiejko said.
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