[CPEO-MEF] PERCHLORATE: Santa Clarita (CA) water treatment

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Toxic water to be cleaned
Perchlorate-contaminated wells, closed in 1997, could provide safe water 
in a few months

By Jonathan Randles
Santa Clarita Signal (CA)
December 12, 2009

Two Saugus water wells were shut down more than a decade ago because 
they were contaminated with perchlorate, a toxic byproduct of rocket 
fuel production. But soon, they might be running again.

Within about four months, the Castaic Lake Water Agency expects to open 
a new, $20 million water treatment plant and pipeline system that will 
pump safe drinking water from those wells.

The plant is set to open in March, said Brian Folsom, engineering and 
operations manager for the water agency. The state Department of Public 
Health still has to certify the plant.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.the-signal.com/news/article/22043/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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