Westford, Mass. perchlorate

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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Well stays closed for more tests 

By PETER WARD
Lowell Sun (MA) 
July 23, 2004 

WESTFORD The Water Department kept later hours than usual last night as 
employees fielded calls from residents worried about their drinking water.

Traces of perchlorate, a chemical found in explosives, fireworks,
fertilizer and solid rocket fuel, were  detected in the Cote Well,
prompting officials to shut it down July 16.

It will remain off-line "for a long time," said Water Superintendent
Warren Sweetser. The town's other  seven wells were unaffected.

New tests taken this week showed no trace of the chemical anywhere in
the system, said Sweetser,  who's been superintendent since 1991.

Water officials fresh from celebrating completion of two
state-of-the-art water treatment plants last year  didn't want to
downplay the problem.

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for the entire article, go to
http://www.lowellsun.com/Stories/0,1413,105~4761~2290526,00.html

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