The CTS well testing explained

Jason Sandford

Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

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WaterTechOnline.com has all the information you need to understand the water testing that’s been happening near the former CTS plant site on Mills Gap Road:

SKYLAND, NC — Residents here whose residential wells recently were tested for the presence of trichloroethylene (TCE) received mostly good news — just one of 66 wells sampled showed the presence of TCE in excess of the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) maximum contaminant level.

The active residential wells being tested by the EPA and the state of North Carolina are within a 1-mile radius of the former Skyland-based CTS Corp. plant, which manufactured industrial switches, according to a January 29 EPA press release and a January 30 Citizen-Times article.

David Dorian, on-scene coordinator for the EPA, told the Citizen-Times that the contamination may not be related to the CTS site and “further investigation is warranted.”

Meanwhile, further testing will be conducted, and the EPA has scheduled a January 31 public meeting to discuss the groundwater contamination with residents.