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Corps cleanup watched closely.

Publication: The Washington Times
Publication Date: 06-MAY-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Corps cleanup watched closely.(CITIZEN JOURNALISM: DISTRICT)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Thomas M. Smith, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES

The Army Corps of Engineers is scheduled to conclude its ordnance cleanup in the Spring Valley area next year, but experts urged residents to make certain the work is thorough.

Members of a panel that gathered last week expressed particular concern about the threat to the city's drinking water supply because of high levels of perchlorate, which is used in explosives that were used around American University and Sibley Hospital and near the Delacarlia Reservoir.

The panel, which convened at a meeting of the Ward 3 Democratic Committee, examined challenges confronting the cleanup of chemical military pollution in Spring Valley and at more than 200 other sites across the country. Chemical weapons...

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