[CPEO-MEF] Camp Edwards (MA) perchlorate treatment

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Bay State water supply rule on perchlorate leads nation

By AMANDA LEHMERT
Cape Cod Times
July 29, 2006


Massachusetts became the first state in the nation yesterday to adopt a 
safe drinking water standard for the chemical perchlorate.

There are several plumes of the toxic chemical flowing in the aquifer 
under the Massachusetts Military Reservation. The aquifer is the Upper 
Cape's main source of drinking water.

...

Two new treatment systems at the base were built with the Massachusetts 
standard in mind, said Ben Gregson of the Army's groundwater studies 
program. "We want to make sure we get it done."

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/baystate29.htm
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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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