[CPEO-MEF] Bourne closes third well

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Bourne closes third well
The chemical percholorate has been detected in low levels.
By KEVIN DENNEHY
STAFF WRITER

BOURNE - A third Bourne Water District well was shut down Tuesday after 
traces of the chemical percholorate were found in water samples taken 
from the well. The closure leaves the district with half of its six 
municipal wells closed.

The chemical, a component of rocket propellants that is creeping off 
Camp Edwards, was detected in a water supply well about 1 1/2 miles west 
of two wells closed last month in Monument Beach.

In all three wells, the levels of contamination are extremely low - just 
above detection levels. But environmental regulators are still 
struggling to determine what the health standard should be.

Water district officials were concerned enough to shut down the third 
well.

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