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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 8:22 — 5.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe town of Spencer resisted being named a Superfund site by the EPA. According to EPA documents obtained by WFHB, Spencer officials pushed back on the EPA’s designation, due to fears that being named a Superfund site would negatively affect property values. The town’s aquifer was named …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 7:36 — 5.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreA groundwater plume contaminated with the chlorinated solvent tetrachloroethene, or PCE, has led the EPA to designate the city of Spencer’s municipal well field – which provides water to approximately 9,900 residents- a Superfund Site. The water is blended and treated before distribution to residents. According to …