[CPEO-MEF] "Some bottled water delivery will end" at San Martin (CA) perchlorate site

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Some bottled water delivery will end in SM


By Matt King
Gilroy Dispatch (CA)
May 20, 2005

Gilroy - Residents in San Martin who get their water from wells that 
test below the state’s public health goal for perchlorate will no longer 
receive bottled water.

Since 2002, the Olin Corp. has been providing water to residents whose 
wells test as low as 2 to 4 parts per billion, at the direction of the 
Central Coast Regional Water Control Board. Earlier this year, the state 
water board said that the regional board "abused its discretion" by 
forcing Olin to replace water testing below the public health goal of 6 
parts per billion.

According to the order finalized Thursday, Olin can discontinue bottled 
water delivery for wells that test below the health goal for four 
consecutive quarters.

Sylvia Hamilton, chairwoman of the Perchlorate Community Advisory Group 
in San Martin, said she's disappointed by the decision, but ready to 
move ahead with cleanup.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.gilroydispatch.com/news/contentview.asp?c=159433

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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
http://www.cpeo.org


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