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Saving the county’s liquid asset
Feds to clean up former Scotia Navy Depot site
By John Purcell
As of Friday, October 28, 2011

#Glenville — Fears of Schenectady County’s water supply being compromised were recently lifted after a seven-year battle to mitigate a groundwater plume containing trichloroethylene.

#The General Services Administration, the federal government’s landlord, has signed a Federal Facility Site Remediation agreement with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. The agreement positions the GSA to move forward with clean-up plans at the former Navy Depot. The agreement places responsibility on the federal agency for cleaning up the environmental issues caused when the Scotia Navy Depot in Glenville was in operation. After the Vietnam War, most Navy functions at the site ceased.

#“They used to maintain and repair trucks there during the Vietnam War … and that is probably how it got there. .......................>>>>.......................>>>>..............................http://www.schenectadyspotlight.com/news/2011/oct/28/saving-countys-liquid-asset/