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Salt Lake City faces health concerns from toxic groundwater plume with PCE contamination.

A feasibility study explores cleanup options; solutions may cost over $30 million.

Final decision expected by mid-2027; public comment period set for Oct. 2026.

SALT LAKE CITY — A decades-long issue on Salt Lake City's east side continues to spark health concerns due to toxic groundwater pollutants.

The VA Salt Lake City Health Care System held a community advisory group meeting on Thursday evening to explain risk factors and ongoing efforts to clean toxins spreading from a plume contaminated with tetrachloroethylene, or PCE . A feasibility study is underway to determine the most effective way to clean up the problem.

The affected groundwater is

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