In February 2006 the historic research well field located at the RFS was closed by campus contractors who filled the wells with grout as required by state regulations with oversight by Contra Costa County Health Services Department. As described in the January 31, 2006 news item, the purpose of the project was to decommission the historic research monitoring well field that is no longer in use. The well field was installed in the 1950's by the College of Engineering as part of a State Water Resources Control Board funded project to study deep-well injection and transport of materials such as sewage. The March "Well Closure Document Report" can be found in the Technical Documentation page (see Resources bar on the left of this page).
The RFS CAG staff representative is David Kim. David can be reached by email at dongja@berkeley.edu or by telephone at (510) 665-3502.
March 21, 2006