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Use of an old wastewater treatment plant

I work for a NGO which as part of our work does experiential education programs relating to issues faced in developing countries, such as poverty, water quality/scarcity, Aids etc. We need to redevelop part of our site for one of these programs, however the area we want to use is next to an old wastewater treatment plant - unused for around 20 years. Given that the plant likely only served domestic wastewater, should we be concerned about soil contamination? Do we need to get the soil tested for pathogens/contaminants?

Also, there is a well in the area which we want to use which would be great to include in the simulation program but again concerned about water contamination. Even if it's groundwater I am aware that we should implement ongoing water testing if we are going to use the water in the well, but would like to know whether this well might be in anyway have remaining contamination from the wastewater treatment plant.

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Use of an old wastewater treatment plant

I work for a NGO which as part of our work does experiential education programs relating to issues faced in developing countries, such as poverty, water quality/scarcity, Aids etc. We need to redevelop part of our site for one of these programs, however the area we want to use is next to an old wastewater treatment plant - unused for around 20 years. Given that the plant likely only served domestic wastewater, should we be concerned about soil contamination? Do we need to get the soil tested for pathogens/contaminants?

Also, there is a well in the area which we want to use which would be great to include in the simulation program but again concerned about water contamination. Even if it's groundwater I am aware that we should implement ongoing water testing if we are going to use the water in the well, but would like to know whether this well might be in anyway have remaining contamination from the wastewater treatment plant.

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Use of an old wastewater treatment plant

I work for a NGO which as part of our work does experiential education programs relating to issues faced in developing countries, such as poverty, water quality/scarcity, Aids etc. We need to redevelop part of our site for one of these programs, however the area we want to use is next to an old wastewater treatment plant - unused for around 20 years. Given that the plant likely only served domestic wastewater, should we be concerned about soil contamination? Do we need to get the soil tested for pathogens/contaminants?

Also, there is a well in the area which we want to use which would be great to include in the simulation program but again concerned about water contamination. Even if it's groundwater I am aware that we should implement ongoing water testing if we are going to use the water in the well, but would like to know whether this well might be in anyway have remaining contamination from the wastewater treatment plant.