The San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board Wednesday announced that soil and groundwater contaminated by petroleum near the Mission Valley Terminal have been cleaned following decades of work.
"Cleaning up and restoring the Mission Valley Aquifer for beneficial use and to protect and expand our local water supplies has long been among our top priorities," said David Gibson, executive officer for the regional board."Today is a milestone for these efforts. This groundwater basin is a critical resource as San Diego adapts to climate change and hotter, drier conditions."
Releases from the tanks and distribution operations held by Kinder Morgan Energy Partners in Murphy Canyon polluted groundwater in the 1980s, then migrated beneath the parking lot of the former Qualcomm Stadium and the San Diego River,"potentially impacting water quality within a one-mile radius and threatening human health and safety," according to a statement from the board.
The petroleum contaminants were discovered in groundwater monitoring wells in 1992 from the 10.5-acre, above-ground fuel storage and distribution Mission Valley Terminal. In response to the volume of the petroleum discharges — among the largest ever in California — the San Diego water board issued a cleanup and abatement order in 1992, requiring Kinder Morgan to clean up the mess.
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