| Westford,
MA perchlorate sampling |
 lsie-@cpeo.org |
 Aug 18, 2004 10:53 PDT
|
Private well owners in Westford told to test for
chemical
By PETER WARD
Lowell Sun (MA)
August 18, 2004
WESTFORD Unhealthy amounts of the explosive-related chemical
perchlorate
have been found in areas near North Street where
there has been blasting
activity, not far from a public drinking
well that was closed because of
the contaminant.
As a
result, the Board of Health voted Monday to launch a campaign
to
contact households with private wells within a half-mile of
the area.
Agents began making phone calls last
night.
Sandy Collins, director of health-care services for
the Board of Health,
conferred with state officials much of
yesterday and said the plan now
is to contact, by phone and mail,
30 to 40 households, though that
doesn't mean their wells are
tainted.
The owners will have a choice to have the wells
tested for free by the
state Department of Environmental
Protection, hire a certified lab, or
not test at all.
If
their wells show high amounts of perchlorate, the DEP may expand
or
modify the areas to be tested, Collins said.
Officials
were focusing on three sites with high test results a new
highway
garage under construction on a hill off North Street, a
hilltop
granite quarry closer to Groton Road, and a retention
pond down the hill
across North Street near Beacon
Street.
...
for the entire article, see
http://www.lowellsun.com/Stories/0,1413,105~4761~2342918,00.html
--
Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public
Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View,
CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax:
650/961-8918
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