[CPEO-MEF] Rialto (CA) perchlorate grant

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

EPA awards water grants

FUNDS: $482,000 is given to Rialto, Colton and Fontana for perchlorate 
cleanup.



By MEGHAN LEWIT
Riverside Press-Enterprise (CA)
July 13, 2005

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $482,000 to help 
remove perchlorate from groundwater wells in Rialto, Colton and Fontana.

The funds will be divided between the West Valley Water District, 
Fontana Water Co., and the cities of Rialto and Colton.

More than 20 wells in the three cities are contaminated by an 
underground plume of perchlorate, a water-soluble chemical used in 
fireworks, rocket fuel and ammunition.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.pe.com/localnews/sanbernardino/stories/PE_News_Local_B_bcleanup13.259f331.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
http://www.cpeo.org


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