[CPEO-MEF] Saddle River (NJ) perchlorate testing

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Borough testing wells for chemical


By EVONNE COUTROS
The Record (NJ)
March 22, 2005

SADDLE RIVER - The borough is testing private wells at dozens of homes 
in an area that may be contaminated with the substance perchlorate, 
which can adversely affect the thyroid gland when ingested in large amounts.

"We don't know how many wells it affects, whether it's spillage or if it 
can be contained," Mayor Conrad Caruso said. The borough is testing the 
wells at some 45 homes.

The testing began after the borough was notified by Park Ridge of 
perchlorate contamination in groundwater in an area bordering Woodcliff 
Lake.

Perchlorate is an unregulated contaminant, but an analysis of samples 
from several potable wells in Saddle River found it present at what 
borough health officials described as "levels of concern."

Wells are being tested at homes along County Road, Tall Trees Lane, 
Chestnut Ridge Road, Coltsfoot Glen, Apple Ridge Road, a portion of Fox 
Hedge Road, Charlden Drive and Elden Drive. There is no municipal water 
service to the homes, which rely on wells for drinking water.

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Lenny Siegel
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