[CPEO-MEF] CHROMIUM: Groundwater contamination near McClellan Air Force Base (CA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Groundwater search turns up high carcinogen readings near McClellan

By Edward Ortiz
Sacramento Bee (CA)
June 21, 2015

A search for new sources of water by the Rio Linda-Elverta Community Water District has found that wells closest to the former McClellan Air Force Base have the highest levels of hexavalent chromium, or chromium-6, a known carcinogen.

That finding was an unintended offshoot of the search by the small water district, which serves 4,600 customers. It suggests that onetime military activity at McClellan, which closed as a base in 2001 and now operates as a business park, may still affect the community.

“Looking at the broader picture, and the data from the well siting study, suggests that the chromium levels are coming from the contamination from the Air Force base to the southeast,” said Larry Ernst, a hydrogeologist with Wood Rodgers and author of the report.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/health-and-medicine/article25119970.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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