Westford, MA perchlorate sampling

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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Private well owners in Westford told to test for chemical

By PETER WARD
Lowell Sun (MA)  
August 18, 2004 

WESTFORD Unhealthy amounts of the explosive-related chemical perchlorate
have been found in areas near North Street where there has been blasting
activity, not far from a public drinking well that was closed because of
the contaminant.

As a result, the Board of Health voted Monday to launch a campaign to
contact households with private wells within a half-mile of the area.

Agents began making phone calls last night.

Sandy Collins, director of health-care services for the Board of Health,
conferred with state officials much of yesterday and said the plan now
is to contact, by phone and mail, 30 to 40 households, though that
doesn't mean their wells are tainted.

The owners will have a choice to have the wells tested for free by the
state Department of Environmental Protection, hire a certified lab, or
not test at all.

If their wells show high amounts of perchlorate, the DEP may expand or
modify the areas to be tested, Collins said.

Officials were focusing on three sites with high test results a new
highway garage under construction on a hill off North Street, a hilltop
granite quarry closer to Groton Road, and a retention pond down the hill
across North Street near Beacon Street.

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for the entire article, see
http://www.lowellsun.com/Stories/0,1413,105~4761~2342918,00.html


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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
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