[CPEO-MEF] San Martin perchlorate funding

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

House passes bill for groundwater cleanup in Santa Clara Valley


Associated Press/San Jose Mercury News (CA)
September 21, 2004

WASHINGTON - The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a bill to 
spend $25 million cleaning up groundwater in the Santa Clara Valley 
that's contaminated with perchlorate.

"Hundreds of private and city-owned wells have been closed and many 
residents are forced to rely on bottled water," said Rep. Richard Pombo, 
R-Tracy, who sponsored the legislation. "Everyone agrees on the need for 
safe drinking water for our community."

The Santa Clara Valley Water District last year discovered perchlorate 
in its groundwater basin, which serves some 80,000 residents of Morgan 
Hill, Gilroy and an unincorporated community in between. Cleanup costs 
have been estimated between $2 million and $150 million.

…

for the entire article, see
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/counties/alameda_county/9722351.htm

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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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