[CPEO-MEF] Rialto (CA) perchlorate regulation

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

City questions board's role in perchlorate issue

By Jason Pesick
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (CA)
Januiary 27, 2007

RIALTO - It has been 10 years since the chemical perchlorate was first 
detected in the city's drinking water.

So far, multiple lawsuits and a state agency have failed to solve the 
problem.

"You have a very chaotic and undisciplined process out there," said 
Michael Whitehead, president of the San Gabriel Valley Water Co., which 
owns the Fontana Water Co.

The issue is now before the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control 
Board, which as a division of the State Water Resources Control Board 
may be able to clean up the mess.

But the process the board has had to follow has generated questions 
about whether the body is up to the task and what the proper role of the 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is in the issue.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.dailybulletin.com/news/ci_5103928

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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
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