Posted on 09.29.20
A dry cleaner closed 5 years ago in Portage, but contamination cleanup efforts continue
Source: https://www.chicagotribune.com/, September 25, 2020
By: Amy Lavalley
Dres-Well Cleaners in Portage may be closed but its legacy lives on, as more monitoring wells are on the way to track a growing plume of harmful dry cleaning chemicals.
The dry cleaner, at 5160 Central Ave. on the city’s west side, closed five years ago, leaving behind a plume of groundwater contaminated with toxic dry cleaning chemicals, among other woes, according to online documents from the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, city officials and a neighbor. Read more.
