[CPEO-MEF] Westford perchlorate probe costs

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Town: Cost of water probe is prohibitive Westford contamination's cause may
never be known

By MARIE DONOVAN
Lowell Sun
September 8, 2004

WESTFORD - Town officials said yesterday it would likely cost hundreds of
thousands of dollars to determine definitively the source of perchlorate
contaminants in local water supplies, and they are unlikely to ever be sure.

That news is no consolation to Ken Winchester, an Emily Way resident whose
private well-water supply has tested at 425 parts per billion for perchlorate.
Winchester yesterday told the Board of Selectmen, the Board of Health and Water
Commissioners that he believes the blasting done in the area, most recently at
the town highway garage and previously by the Tresca Corporation, is the cause.

"Here's where I live. Here's the blasting. The water tastes like rock," he said.

The state Department of Environmental Protection sets the safe level for
potable water at 1 part per billion, Westford Water Department 

Environmental Analyst Elaine Major said.

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for the entire article, see

http://www.lowellsun.com/Stories/0,1413,105~4761~2387947,00.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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