The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Sunday, September 18, 1994             TAG: 9409160375
SECTION: PORTSMOUTH CURRENTS      PAGE: 08   EDITION: FINAL 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   21 lines

SAFETY CHECK

ILLUSTRATION: Staff photo by MARK MITCHELL

Dave Hrebenach, right, of CDM Inc., draws water samples from one of

five new monitoring wells installed in August by the Army Corps of

Engineers at Tidewater Community College's Portsmouth campus. Paul

Crimi charts the work they are doing, part of an ongoing project by

the Corps of Engineers to ensure that the drinking water on the

campus is potable. The water samples will be analyzed to determine

whether they contain any unsafe levels of lead or other dangerous

chemicals. Test results should be available in about six weeks.

by CNB