[CPEO-MEF] Perchlorate at Alhambra (CA) Superfund site

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Water Authority Concerned About Chemical Levels

Pasadena Star-News (CA)
June 14, 2006

ALHAMBRA -- The deadly chemical perchlorate has been detected in small 
amounts in monitoring wells in the Alhambra Superfund site, although 
water experts disagree on its significance.

Because the levels fluctuate and have not been found in drinking water 
samples so far, the federal Environmental Protection Agency and the city 
water company are focusing on other contaminants. But the regional water 
authority is more concerned.

"Usually you get a hit and usually over time it increases," said Gabriel 
Monares, director of resources for the San Gabriel Valley Water Quality 
Authority. "It means there's a flow and it's starting to go that way."

Perchlorate was not been found in wells that provide drinking water when 
they were last tested in 2003, said Christine Montan, the city's 
utilities director. Another test is planned for this year, but is as yet 
unscheduled.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/ci_3936458

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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org


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