[CPEO-MEF] East Acton (MA) perchlorate

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Town deems neighborhood safe

By Patricia Bertuccio
Acton Beacon (MA)
February 8, 2007


ACTON — Levels of perchlorate in an East Acton neighborhood’s well are 
now down to safe levels, but residents and town officials disagree about 
the resolution.

After a water test in October last year, results showed concentration of 
perchlorate in nine wells on Flagg, Brabrook and Pope roads at 0.2 parts 
per billion, well below the threshold rate of 2 parts per billion, as 
regulated by the state Department of Environmental Protection.

While residents are glad that their water no longer poses a health risk, 
some said the problem is not yet solved. They want to be reimbursed for 
the other two rounds of water testing they performed earlier in 2005. 
The estimated cost of the test is about $130 per round.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.townonline.com/acton/homepage/8998947209454026749

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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
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