SANDSTON, Va. — The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is investigating the groundwater in Henrico County after tetrachloroethylene was discovered in groundwater by a building contractor, according to an article on WTVR.com.
EPA officials have been visiting residents door to door asking for water samples, the article reported.
Tetrachloroethylene is a suspected carcinogen found in dry cleaning chemicals, noted the article.
“Groundwater typically moves very slowly, so it could of been a situation that happened years ago,” Bill Hayden, a Virginia Department of Environmental Quality representative, said.
Residents near the contamination are actually supplied by county water and not well water, but officials are concerned about evaporation of the contaminated water into homes.
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