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uonaia bitten, wno manages utilities for Aileen, said that since the initial tests, further tests were done on other wells in the Flint Hill area and all of them were safe, indicating the problem had not spread. Working with NET, a Charlotte, N.C. engineering firm, he said, further tests would be done to determine the source of the problem. Mr. Litten said the problem is “not as bad as it sounds when you say the wells are contaminated.” He said that some question the EPA’s new standards and that the company had never experienced health problems with people who drank the water.
William Thomas, a geologist with NET, said next the company will drill three additional monitoring wells “in different locations and elevations across the site” to try to determine the extent of the impacted ground water. They will also do “packer tests” on the two wells already on the property. Mr. Thomas said that “inflatable packers” are inserted into the wells. They can seal
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