Public Notice: Wright Ground Water Contamination Superfund Site, Wright, Ford County, Kansas

Publish Date

January 16, 2026

Summary

Third Five-Year Review Addendum

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 has completed the Third Five-Year Review Addendum for the Wright Ground Water Contamination Superfund Site. Five-Year Reviews are required by the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), commonly known as Superfund, when hazardous substances remain on-site above levels that permit unrestricted use and unlimited exposure. Five-Year Reviews provide an opportunity to evaluate the site remedy to determine whether it remains protective of human health and the environment.

This Five-Year Review Report Addendum found that the remedy at the site is protective of human health and the environment in the short-term. To be protective in the long-term, existing private wells that historically were impacted by Tetrachloroethylene (PCE) or Trichloroethylene (TCE) need to be resampled by Kansas Department of Health and Environment at a frequency that will support meaningful trend and statistical evaluation of natural attenuation processes that are expected to reduce contaminant concentration. This addendum was signed Dec. 30, 2025.

Site project information and the Five-Year Review are available to the public at web repositories. To view cleanup documents, please visit EPA’s Site Profile page (see Site Documents & Data). If you do not have internet access, you can view these documents online at this location:

Dodge City Public Library
1001 N. 2nd Ave.
Dodge City, KS 67801
620-225-0248

If you have questions about the site, please contact

Shaylee Borcsani
Community Involvement Coordinator
U.S. EPA Region 7 (CEERD/CPSIB)
11201 Renner Boulevard
Lenexa, KS 66219
Email: borcsani.shaylee@epa.gov
Phone: 913-551-7713
Toll-free: 1-800-223-0425

U.S. EPA Region 7
11201 Renner Boulevard
Lenexa, KS 66219
Toll-free: 1-800-223-0425