2019 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2019 16:34:16 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] PERCHLORATE: "Falmouth [MA] well to remain closed"
 
Falmouth well to remain closed
State review of proposed filtration system continues.

By Christine Legere
Cape Cod Times (MA)
June 27, 2019
 
FALMOUTH - A municipal well on Old Barnstable Road that has been offline for two years will stay offline again this summer, even though an effective water treatment system has been found.

Water Superintendent Stephen Rafferty notified the state Department of Environmental Protection on Tuesday that the town has decided to wait until next summer to restart the Fresh Pond well, which was closed in 2017 after perchlorate levels in the contribution area exceeded allowed amounts.

While the well isn’t needed to meet offseason demand, it’s a good reserve water source during the summer months when the town’s population swells.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.capecodtimes.com/news/20190626/falmouth-well-to-remain-closed

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
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<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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