...and all of the Superfund sites around here from when "Silicon Valley" meant there was a startup chipmaker on every block, with all the delightful chemicals (and budget for proper disposal of same) that that implies. About 2% of the Superfund sites in the U.S. are under the water on that map.
Silicon Valley has lots of Superfund sites but it's not all about the silicon, and the nastiest stuff is older.
The Superfund site in my neighborhood is the former ag supply business. Thy sold pesticides to the local farmers, and were not careful about cleanup. There is a thick layer of clay over the old ground and houses on top now. Disturb it at your peril.
On the other side of town where a semiconductor plant used to be, they have a little fenced off well and a pump spraying water in the air. The contaminants evaporate out and blow away. Eventually the groundwater will be clean again.
Interestingly enough, there is now housing where I used to work in Sunnyvale. It was part of a Superfund site, and the remediation started way back even before I started at AMD in '82. I was a safety coordinator for my department, and heard about the remediation as part of the task.
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The Superfund site in my neighborhood is the former ag supply business. Thy sold pesticides to the local farmers, and were not careful about cleanup. There is a thick layer of clay over the old ground and houses on top now. Disturb it at your peril.
On the other side of town where a semiconductor plant used to be, they have a little fenced off well and a pump spraying water in the air. The contaminants evaporate out and blow away. Eventually the groundwater will be clean again.
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