Deputy Assistant Administrator for the NASA Office Of Infrastructure Dr. James Wright is shown in this photo telling attendees of the Monk Hill Groundwater Treatment Plant groundbreaking ceremony that, “NASA is making good on its commitment to clean up the environment. … Additional supplies of clean water will be restored to the City, and citizen-stakeholders have had significant input in the cleanup process.”

Shown digging in at the Monk Hill Groundwater Treatment Plant Groundbreaking Ceremony are, left to right: NASA Cleanup Project Manager Steve Slaten, Keith Takata of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Pasadena City Councilwoman Jacque Robinson, Deputy Assistant Administrator for the NASA Office Of Infrastructure Dr. James Wright, Pasadena Mayor Bill Bogaard, and Pasadena Water & Power General Manager Phyllis Currie.

Pasadena Mayor Bill Bogaard is shown in this photo, speaking at the Monk Hill Groundwater Treatment Plant groundbreaking ceremony. He cited the “special and valuable relationship” between the City and NASA.

Neighborhood leader Tecumseh Shackelford is shown planting a tree at the groundbreaking ceremony to commemorate the public involvement and input into the project that was solicited and encouraged by NASA and the City of Pasadena.

Shown in this photo is a large crowd of neighbors, City and NASA officials, and regulatory agency officials, who attended the recent groundbreaking ceremony, kicking off the construction phase for the Monk Hill Groundwater Treatment Plant.

U.S. EPA Remediation Program Manager for the NASA CERCLA cleanup project Judy C. Huang is flanked at the recent treatment plant groundbreaking festivities by U.S. EPA Region 9 Superfund Program Director Keith Takata, left, and John Chesnutt, Chief of the Federal Facilities Section 2, Superfund Division, U.S. EPA.

A variety of displays were prepared for the groundbreaking ceremony; click here to see them up close. 

NASA Cleanup Project Manager Steve Slaten is shown in this photo, telling the groundbreaking ceremony gathering, “With the Pasadena facility, NASA’s three-plant treatment strategy to remove groundwater chemicals from beneath the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and from beneath areas adjacent to JPL is now nearing full execution. Existing NASA-funded treatment plants have been removing groundwater chemicals from the source area at JPL and from the farthest reaches of the area affected by the chemicals. The new Pasadena plant will provide groundwater cleanup in the middle of the area affected.”

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