2013 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 23:39:38 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: [CPEO-BIF] "Groundwater contamination widespread, costly" in California's Inland Empire
 
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
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