[CPEO-MEF] PERCHLORATE: Bethpage Water District, Long Island, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Bethpage Water District & H2M Install First Perchlorate Removal Plant in 
New York State

NewsLI.com (NY)
September 22, 2008

(Melville, NY) – The Bethpage Water District and Holzmacher, McLendon & 
Murrell, P.C. (H2M) of Melville, NY, a multi-disciplined Engineering and 
Architectural service firm, recently completed the first drinking water 
treatment system for perchlorate removal approved in New York State. 
The water treatment plant was approved for operation in July 2008 by the 
Nassau County and New York State Departments of Health.

Naturally occurring and manmade perchlorate is typically found in the 
form of salts such as ammonium perchlorate, potassium perchlorate, 
sodium perchlorate and lithium perchlorate (less common).  It persists 
in the environment when solid salts of perchlorate dissolve in water. 
With solubility similar to common table salt, perchlorate is extremely 
soluble, making it difficult to remove from water by conventional 
treatment processes.  Perchlorate is extremely mobile in groundwater 
environments and can persist for very long periods of time due to the 
strong chloride-oxygen chemical bond.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.newsli.com/2008/09/22/bethpage-water-district-h2m-install-first-perchlorate-removal-plant-in-new-york-state/

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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
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