The quote above comes from an anonymous commenter here of two days ago. To this day the Stroh Drain will be draining contaminated groundwater from both the Uniroyal/Lanxess site as well as overland rainfall flow. It was installed after the massive bulk of toxic liquid waste dumping into RPE 1-5 was ended approximately in 1970. It is fair to say that the Uniroyal property and soils were saturated with their liquid wastes to a great depth. Now do keep in mind that the Stroh Drain will be only draining shallow aquifers such as the Upper Aquifer (UA).
Think about this carefully. The massive volumes of liquid wastes pumped into the five east side pits were done. Yes various swales on the Uniroyal site would still assist southerly flow of rainwater that would be less contaminated than when the pits were operating. Groundwater on the other hand might remain highly contaminated for a very long time. The former low lying swamp on both the Uniroyal and Stroh property originally consisted of both overland flow of liquid wastes as well as of groundwater. That swamp has been drained by the Stroh Drain, Ditch & Berm (SDDB) hence there no longer is water at the ground surface as the Stroh Drain is dug well below the water table (surface of the shallow aquifer).
I view the SDDB as a reward to the Stroh family for services rendered. They had allowed, for consideration, toxic liquid wastes from their next door neighbour to flow through their property and then via the Martin Creek into the Canagagigue Creek. It left however a stinking chemical laden swamp behind. The SDDB drained the swamp on both properties by lowering the water table. It certainly would have been much easier to install the Stroh Drain after the ending of the use of the east side pits for holding massive volumes of toxic liquids. Perhaps the brain trust at Uniroyal thought that the swamp on both properties would dry up when the pumping of liquid wastes to the east side pits ended. That might explain why they waited thirteen years or so to build the SDDB.
Regardless the Stroh Drain as the commenter pointed out "...is brutally damning evidence.". This Drain is located on the Stroh property in the lowest lying areas which of course is where the overflowing original liquid toxic wastes ended up. As we all know contaminated groundwater takes much longer to attenuate than does surface water. Surface water basically begins cleaning up as soon as the contamination pumped or dumped into it ends. Contaminated groundwater on the other hand can take decades to centuries to clean up.
And that low area in the Stroh Drain is where the evidence sits that "links" together a few facts and a few key individuals that need to be deposed for potential liability and responsibility for an environmental disaster and or negligence! Of course the Stroh farmer did NOT want the chemicals to flow any further eastward and a new ditch right next to or at the edge property line of the chemical plant property OBVIOUSLY DRAINING SOUTHWARD TO the pit/swamp would have looked suspicious and been much too obvious even at that time. In addition, the Chemical Company was planning for the longterm as well. Another fact is the more "they" have resisted testing and transparent recording and reporting based on the facts and the industry standards and as per Mr. Marshall's expert and wise advise...the more guilty of negligence and corruption "they" look to be! Facilitators or those in the know that do nothing, BEWARE of the potential liability you face as well. Of course if the Chemical company wants to be completely devolved and absolved, they will and in fact must help all the guilty facilitators and guilty participants escape liability as well, and this is exactly what seems to driving the whole coverup agenda. Obviously, it is "them" against all the rest of us - THE INNOCENT PEOPLE/VICTIMS. This is exactly why the Chemical Company all along had to and still has to give "the ones in the know" whatever they wanted. It is a BIG Conspiracy!
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