keefe environmental services (kes)

EXETER RD

The Keefe Environmental Services site, covering 7 acres in Rockingham County, was operated as a chemical waste storage facility from 1978 until 1981, when the company filed for bankruptcy. Waste storage containers that were present on the site at that time included 4,100 drums, four 5,000-gallon and four 10,000-gallon aboveground storage tanks, and a 700,000-gallon synthetically lined lagoon. Solvents, acids, caustics, heavy metals, paint sludges, waste oils, and organic chemicals were disposed of at the site. Soil and groundwater on and off the site have been contaminated. The site is located in a State-protected watershed with wetland areas draining to the Piscassic River. The site is located in a semi-rural area. There are approximately 12 houses, with a population of approximately 30 people, located along Exeter Road, south of the site. The bedrock aquifer is used as a water supply for ten residences located nearby and is the major source of drinking water for approximately 2,000 people within a 3-mile radius of the site. The Town of New Market has a water supply intake on the Piscassic River, 7 miles downstream from the site.

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