Environmental Memoir: SRS EPA cleanup stats

An Environmental Protection Agency-led cleanup "cooked" tons of toxic-waste tainted soil at the Solvent Recovery Service of New England Superfund site in Southington, Conn. The cooking treatment included vacuum-equipped machinery to collect carcinogens that were among the deadliest byproducts of the underground heating process. /Image via srsnesite.com

SRS Superfund site: By the numbers

• Address: 10 Lazy Lane, Southington, Conn.
• Proposed as Superfund site in December 1982. Listed as Superfund site in September 1983.
• "Cooking" and treating 56,670 cubic yards of toxic-waste tainted soil completed in February 2015. Lagoon area cooked: 1.7 acres
• From 1995 to 2013, a groundwater collection system at the Superfund site removed 16,000 pounds of hazardous materials
• May 2014 report: In Situ Thermal Remediation: Remedial Action Work Plan and Project Operations Plan, Gardner, Massachusetts-based TerraTherm, EPA and state regulated cleanup contractor
• Southington population growth, 2000 to 2010: 8.4 percent

Southington, Connecticut /Image via Google