[CPEO-MEF] Bottled water in San Martin (CA)

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Water Shipments Resumed to South County Homes With Elevated 
Contamination Levels


By Serdar Tumgoren
Gilroy Dispatch (CA)
July 10, 2007

Gilroy - A road flare manufacturer has reinstated free shipments of 
bottled water to 42 homes in Morgan Hill and San Martin after 
discovering elevated levels of contaminants in drinking water supplies, 
according to state water regulators.

Last July, Olin Corporation discontinued shipments of bottled water to 
roughly 1,200 homes along the edges of a 9.5-mile perchlorate plume 
extending southeast from its former Tennant Avenue factory. The move 
hinged on water samples showing that the contaminant, which can cause 
thyroid dysfunction, had dropped below levels deemed dangerous by state 
environmental regulators.

Of the 530-plus wells that no longer triggered requirements for free 
water, 21 have since climbed back into the range of concern set by 
regulators, according to regulators at the Central Coast Regional Water 
Quality Control Board.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.gilroydispatch.com/news/contentview.asp?c=219203

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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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