[CPEO-MEF] PERCHLORATE: Santa Clarita Valley Water shuts down well

[Lenny Siegel]

SCV Water shuts down well after perchlorate detected

by Jim Holt
Santa Clarita Valley Signal (CA)
May 22, 2019 

Acting on “an abundance of caution,” SCV Water officials shut down one of their wells last week, after routine testing detected the presence of perchlorate, a suspected carcinogen and long-standing concern in the Santa Clarita Valley.

Water distributed by the agency, meanwhile, remains safe to drink and in compliance with all state water quality standards.

On Tuesday night, Mike Alvord, the agency’s director of operations and maintenance, briefed members of the agency’s board about the perchlorate detection and the actions taken in response to it. 

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For the entire article, see
https://signalscv.com/2019/05/scv-water-shuts-down-well-after-perchlorate-detected/

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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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