Testing continues on Missouri Valley wells contaminated by 1960s missile sites

Testing continues on Missouri Valley wells contaminated by 1960s missile sites

Atlas missiles were housed outside Missouri Valley between 1961 and 1964, but in those few years a lot of environment damages was done. Solvents used to clean equipment seeped into the ground. To this day, the contaminants are affected well water in the area but the problem wasn't discovered until 2013. Scott Sawyer, project manager for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: "It's a top ten national project because it's a serious problem." The corps …