perchlorate vs. brown water

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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Hadley upset by brown water

By DIANE LEDERMAN
The Republican (MA)
July 1, 2004

HADLEY - Residents and business owners are upset with the state because
their water is turning clothes brown. 

The state recently started having communities test for perchlorate to
help the state set safety levels for the chemical. One of the town's
wells had 3.2 parts per billion of the chemical, forcing the well to be
shut down. 

The town then had to switch to another source of water from the Callahan
Wells, but those wells have iron and manganese, which turns laundry
brown. The town is attempting to treat for those minerals but they can
only be sequestered, not removed, said Robert Mellstrom of
Dufresne-Henry, the town's water consultant. To successfully remove them
would require a treatment facility, he said, something that would likely
cost several million dollars. 

Some in town are blaming the state Department of Environmental
Protection for having the well shut down when they don't even know if
the level of perchlorate is harmful. 

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for the entire article, see
http://www.masslive.com/hampfrank/republican/index.ssf?/base/news-7/1088670043323201.xml

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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