EPA Will Clean Up Vienna Wells Site In Maries County

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday announced a $1 billion investment from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to initiate cleanup and clear the backlog of 49 previously unfunded Superfund sites, including the Valley Park TCE Site in Valley Park, Missouri, and the Vienna Wells Site in Vienna. Until this historic investment, many of these were part of a backlog of hazardous waste sites awaiting funding.
“I’m glad to see the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency prioritize funding to address soil and groundwater contamination at the Vienna and Valley Park Superfund sites,” said U.S. Senator Roy Blunt. “Our underground infrastructure is just as important as the infrastructure we traditionally think of above ground.”
The Vienna Wells Superfund Site consists of three contaminated public drinking water wells and the source area, a former hat factory. The site property is a 7.9-acre parcel of land that begins at the southeast corner of the 10th Street and Chestnut Street intersection.
Infrastructure funds will be used to implement a soil remedy at the site, so that soil will no longer be a source of PCE contamination impacting the drinking water supply at Vienna.