[CPEO-MEF] All clear in Tewksbury

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Tewksbury to lift warning on water

By VANESSA HUGHES
Lowell Sun (MA)  
December 22, 2004

TEWKSBURY Those now-familiar notices posted at restaurants and coffee
shops warning of tainted drinking water are coming down. 

The state Department of Environmental Protection yesterday authorized
Tewksbury to immediately lift the public-health advisory that has been
in place since August, when perchlorate was found above 1 part per
billion (ppb) in town water. 

"I think this is a wonderful Christmas present for the residents of
Tewksbury who had to endure four months, or longer, of suffering for
something they did not cause, and the town did not cause," Town Manager
David Cressman said.

...

The DEP allowed the town to drop the advisory after the probable source
of contamination was identified, and three weeks of tests confirmed
perchlorate below 1 ppb. The state usually requires eight straight weeks
of tests confirming perchlorate at acceptable levels. 

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.lowellsun.com/Stories/0,1413,105~4746~2613339,00.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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