[CPEO-MEF] Bottled water in San Martin (CA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Speak Now, or Forever Give Up Free Bottled Water

By Matt King
Gilroy Dispatch (CA) 
December 15, 2005

San Martin - The Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board is
accepting comments on a proposal to stop bottled water delivery for 168
families in San Martin.

The proposal follows a finding made earlier this year by the State Water
Resources Control Board that the Olin Corp. need not provide water to
residents whose wells test for perchlorate at or below 6 parts per
billion, the state's public health goal for the contaminant.

The 78 wells included in the proposal have all tested below the health
goal for the last year. The wells will be tested twice over the next
year to ensure they remain under the goal.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.gilroydispatch.com/news/contentview.asp?c=174781

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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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