[CPEO-MEF] Massachusetts Military Reservation perchlorate cleanup

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Army ready to clean up perchlorate

By AMANDA LEHMERT
Cape Cod Times
June 25, 2005

BUZZARDS BAY - The Army may soon begin cleaning perchlorate flowing 
through the region's sole-source aquifer under Camp Edwards, despite the 
fact no safety standard has been set.

Safety standards for contaminants in drinking water trigger cleanups and 
set the legal parameters for the level of contaminant that must be 
removed by those responsible for the pollution.

Perchlorate is found in rocket fuel, fireworks and explosives. Trace 
amounts of perchlorate from the base have been found in private drinking 
water wells in Bourne and Sandwich, although the perchlorate in the 
Sandwich well has yet to be linked to pollution coming from the base. At 
one point, traces of the contaminant were found in two Bourne Water 
District wells in Monument Beach that have since tested clean.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/armyready25.htm

--
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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