A Citizen's Guide to Pump and Treat

The Citizen's Guide series is a set of 22 fact sheets that summarizes cleanup methods used at Superfund and other sites. This guide describes the process of using a well and pumping groundwater to the surface for treatment. After treatment, the water is returned underground and the process repeats.

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