September 18, 2009- Great Falls resident Robb Watters said he was distraught to learn from a neighbor, rather than official sources, that the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) was testing wells in his neighborhood off Innsbruck Avenue for possible gasoline contamination.
After the nearby Exxon station found traces of gasoline constituents on its property, Exxon and the DEQ "decided to quietly start testing neighborhoods" in the surrounding area, Watters said. And when his wife called the DEQ, he said, "She was told, ‘You need to make an adult decision on whether to drink your water.’"
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Water Contamination, Land Pollution & Hazardous Waste Material are issues families all across America are afflicted with daily.
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