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EPA to detail Rialto perchlorate plan

Posted by: Maven on February 10, 2010 at 7:55 am

From the San Bernardino Sun:

“RIALTO – Officials with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will meet with the public Wednesday night to discuss a $29.3 million plan to pump groundwater tainted with perchlorate and remove the contaminate.

“We’re going to lay it all out there and let you know what the contamination is and what the levels are,” said Alejandro Diaz, a community involvement coordinator for the EPA.

Perchlorate is a rocket-fuel additive that in high doses can interfere with the thyroid gland. It is flowing in a southeast direction from a 160-acre site at Casa Grande Drive and Locust Avenue in the north end, where fireworks companies and defense contractors operated after World War II.

The plan is directed at the most contaminated groundwater at the site, which extends more than 1.5 miles southeast. … “

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February 10, 2010 · Filed Under Drinking Water & Bottled Water

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