[CPEO-MEF] PERCHLORATE: Olin groundwater plume, San Martin (CA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Perchlorate levels continue to fall in South County


By Michael Moore
Morgan Hill Times (CA)
September 2, 2009

As of the end of June, only nine domestic wells in southern Santa Clara 
County are contaminated with higher than acceptable levels of 
perchlorate, a potentially harmful chemical that leached into local 
groundwater from a site owned and operated by road flares manufacturer 
Olin Corp.

That's down from an estimate of more 1,000 local wells found to be 
contaminated with toxic levels of the chemical in 2001.

A report presented at a recent meeting of the Perchlorate Community 
Advisory Group showed that progress continues on the company's efforts 
to clean up the drinking water supply.

Officials from area regulatory agencies are still working on ways to 
more accurately identify contaminated areas of the vast groundwater 
sub-basin below Morgan Hill and San Martin, and a pipeline system to 
hasten a thorough cleanup.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.morganhilltimes.com/news/258980-perchlorate-levels-continue-to-fall-in-south-county

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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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