2007 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>
Date: 11 Jun 2007 20:55:51 -0000
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] Aerojet Rancho Cordova (CA) perchlorate
 
Seeking safe water
New Aerojet cleanup effort would treat chemical contamination at the wells

By Chris Bowman
Sacramento Bee (CA)
June 11, 2007

State health officials are considering a proposal that would have Rancho Cordova residents relying for the first time on treatment technologies to remove rocket fuel chemicals from their drinking water.

The proposed change in contaminant cleanup strategy comes as concentrations of chemicals are creeping up in several Rancho Cordova drinking-water wells.

The fixes, however, are expected to be completed before the contamination reaches unsafe levels, utility and state officials said.

Historically, the community's water supplier has taken wells off-line and even destroyed them when tests consistently picked up levels of fuel and solvent chemicals.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/215577.html

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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