[CPEO-BIF] "Chemical Contamination Found In 5 Toms River Homes' Wells, " New Jersey

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Chemical Contamination Found In 5 Toms River Homes' Wells
State authorities are testing wells in the Windsor Park area after trichloroethylene and perchloroethylene were found in private wells. 

By Karen Wall
Tom’s River Patch (NJ) 
February 27, 2020 

TOMS RIVER, NJ - The state Department of Environmental Protection is testing well water at homes in the Windsor Park section of Toms River after wells in the area have tested positive for two cancer-causing chemicals, Toms River officials announced.

The testing is being conducted in the Windsor Park section of the township, and was prompted by a homeowner's report that their well had tested positive for trichloroethylene and perchloroethylene, township officials said in a notice on the township's website. The town contacted the Department of Environmental Protection immediately after being contacted by the homeowner last year.

There were 41 wells identified for a first round of testing, and five tested positive for the chemicals, according to preliminary information the Department of Environmental Protection provided to township officials. Plans are in the works to extend the testing to an additional 42 wells, "extending several hundred feet away from any well that has tested positive," the notice said.

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For the entire article, see
https://patch.com/new-jersey/tomsriver/amp/28602335/chemical-contamination-found-in-5-toms-river-homes-wells

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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