Health, Safety, and Environment At WSTF
WSTF's highest priority is maintaining a healthy and safe environment for its employees, contractors, visitors, and the surrounding community. HSE at WSTF. Since the late 1990s, NASA and a series of subcontractors have been working under the oversight of the New Mexico Environment Department to remediate a large plume of polluted ground water caused by repeated rocket tests at the site. Remediation has involved the construction of six wells from which the groundwater is pumped; a UV reactor which treats the contaminated water; and four injection wells to inject the cleaned water back into the water table. A second, similar system is currently in the planning stage.
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