[CPEO-MEF] VOCs, PERCHLORATE: Rialto (CA) public meeting

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Health concerns persist about water cleanup, Rialto residents tell EPA

By JANET ZIMMERMAN
Riverside Press-Enterprise (CA)
February 10, 2010

The safety of drinking water in the communities near a Rialto industrial 
area contaminated with toxic chemicals continues to be a top concern 
among residents, according to public comments at a federal environmental 
meeting Wednesday.

Representatives from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency were 
soliciting input on a plan to clean up pollution that has worked its way 
into the groundwater for miles around what is known as the 160-acre site 
north of Highway 210, between Alder and Locust avenues.

The primary contaminants are trichloroethylene, or TCE, an industrial 
solvent; and perchlorate, a chemical in rocket fuel.

The EPA wants to extract the water, treat it and ship it to suppliers 
for distribution to homes and businesses. The agency also is monitoring 
how and where the plume is moving, said Wayne Praskins, EPA project manager.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_W_epameet11.447307b.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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