Re: Pollutant linked to Coast Guard

[kaltofen@aol.com]

In a message dated 2/2/04 3:23:12 PM, cpeo@cpeo.org writes:


> Air Force sampling of a well drilled near an abandoned school on the
> southwestern corner of the Massachusetts Military Reservation detected
> methyl tert-butyl ether, or MTBE, at levels as high as 1,430 parts per
> billion.
> 
> The state's safe-drinking water standard is .07 parts per billion
> 

Actually the standard is 70 parts per billion or 0.07 parts per MILLION.



Very truly yours,

Marco Kaltofen

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