[CPEO-MEF] Santa Clarita (CA) perchlorate sampling

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Officials Monitor Perchlorate Amounts in Drinking Water
Despite safer standards, Newhall County Water District keeps an eye on 
supplies.

By Jim Holt
Santa Clarita Signal (CA)
November 27, 2007

Despite safer standards set by the state last month limiting the trace 
amounts of rocket fuel in drinking water, local water officials say 
they've been monitoring the harmful chemical for a long time.

On Oct. 18, the state adopted an official perchlorate drinking water 
standard which sets the maximum concentration level for the rocket fuel 
chemical at six parts for every billion parts of water.

Steve Cole, general manager of the Newhall County Water District, says 
he and others at the district have been monitoring the chemical's impact 
on local water supplies since 1997 when the chemical turned up in 
Sacramento drinking water.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.the-signal.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=51925&format=html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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