UNIROYAL / LANXESS SET A NEW HIGH PUMPING MARK - STILL A FAILURE

In June 2019, a mere six years and seven months after the November 2012 public announcement that they, CRA and Chemtura, would triple the volume of off-site pumping, they have still failed to do so. That said they have set a high mark for off-site pumping of 77 litres per second average for the month of June. Back in 2012 they were averaging around 53 litres per second. This included all the off-site pumping wells at that time which were W4, W3, W5A, W5B, and E7. Currently they are pumping W3R, W8, W9, W6A/B, W5A, W5B, and E7. The W6 wells and W8 however are at tiny pumping rates with the heavy lifting being done by E7, W3R, and W9 (finally).

In May 2019 Uniroyal / Lanxess broke the 70 litre per second mark for the first time. Even higher the following month of June. Do I believe that they will ever double or triple the 53 litre per second mark of 2012? I do not. That would require over 100 litres per second to double it and over 150 litres per second to triple it. The track record for this site over the last thirty years has been one of bull manure, delay, and obfuscation. Their promises and words are nothing but wind. Also keep in mind that that promised tripling was supposed to include In Situ Chemical Oxidation (ISCO) in order to quickly decrease certain hot spots in the off-site municipal aquifers. That attempt was an unmitigated failure and Chemtura were grilled by Dr. Richard Jackson for their substandard efforts to implement it.