Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Save Land, Trees, the Planet

[Fred H Olson WB0YQM (fholson]

John Willson  Cascade CoHousing  Tasmania, Australia.
JOHN.WILLSON [at] DELM.TAS.GOV.AU is the author of the message below but due
to a listserv problem it was posted by the COHOUSING-L sysop (Fred).
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>        Reply to:   RE>>Save Land, Trees, the Planet:
>Hi Joyce,
>I was wondering if you will be experiencing water or air pollution in your
>common house built over the diesel truck shop.  I'm sorry to bring this up,
>but I just spent a year in a house that was built where a former nursery was,
>and there was such groundwater pollution that the city was out checking our
>*air* with equipment!  I guess water pollution can wind up affecting the air.
> Have you had the soil, air, and water checked out?  It is something to
>consider.
>
The State Government Department I work for is responsible for maintaining a
register of contaminated sites.

Generally old service stations are classified as a contaminated site unless
there is evidence the site is clean.  The cause of the contamination are the
fuel tanks in the ground which tend to leak a bit, and oil leaks from other
sources.  These sites are normally unsuitable for standard housing unless
they have been cleaned up.

John Willson
Cascade CoHousing
Tasmania, Australia.