[CPEO-BIF] "Groundwater contamination widespread, costly" in California's Inland Empire

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Groundwater contamination widespread, costly, report finds

BY JANET ZIMMERMAN
Riverside Press-Enterprise (CA)
March 15, 2013

Chemicals from California's long history of industrial and  
agricultural development have made their way into groundwater,  
particularly in the Inland region, which logs some of the worst  
contamination in the state, according to a recent government report.

Toxic substances such as nitrate from fertilizer and perchlorate from  
military and manufacturing operations have polluted the region’s  
drinking water sources, a problem that has cost hundreds of millions  
of dollars to remedy, water industry officials said.

San Bernardino County ranked third worst in the state for the number  
of community water systems dealing with contaminated groundwater;  
Riverside County was fifth, according to a January report to the  
Legislature by the State Water Resources Control Board. The one-time  
report was required by AB222, a state law that establishes a publicly  
accessible database of groundwater contamination.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.pe.com/local-news/local-news-headlines/20130315-region- 
groundwater-contamination-widespread-costly-report-finds.ece

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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