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Rocket Fuel in Drinking Water: Table 3: Contaminated Drinking Water Outside California
Table 3. Outside California, more than 100 drinking water sources in 19 states are known to be contaminated with perchlorate.
|
State |
Location |
Number of contaminated sources |
Maximum concentration (ppb)* |
|
Colorado River |
9 |
||
|
Lake Mead |
24 |
||
|
AL |
Escambia County: Atmore Utility Board |
2 |
8.9 |
|
AZ |
Maricopa County |
(1) |
(4) |
|
AZ |
La Paz County: Brooke Water-Lakeside |
3 |
6 |
|
GA |
Oconee County: Oconee Co.- Watkinsville |
1 |
38 |
|
GA |
Houston County: Feagin Mill |
1 |
5.2 |
|
IA |
Clinton |
(3) |
(6) |
|
IN |
Greenwood |
(1) |
(4) |
|
MA |
Bourne |
2 |
0.4 |
|
MD |
Aberdeen |
3 |
2 |
|
MD |
Hagerstown |
1 |
4 |
|
MN |
Rice County: Northfield Water |
1 |
6.02 |
|
MN |
Ramsey County: New Brighton Water |
1 |
4.54 |
|
NC |
Nash County: Vick's MHP |
2 |
6.2 |
|
NE |
Lewiston |
1 |
5 |
|
NJ |
Middlesex County: Middlesex Water Co |
3 |
7.1 |
|
NM |
Clovis |
(1) |
(4) |
|
NM |
Near eastern border of state |
7 |
7.1 |
|
NV |
Clark County: Mohave Generating Station |
3 |
6.8 |
|
NY |
Westhampton |
1 |
16 |
|
NY |
Yaphank |
1 |
24 |
|
NY |
Nassau County: Plainview WD |
5 |
11 |
|
NY |
Nassau County: Bethpage WD |
3 |
5 |
|
PA |
Yardley |
(1) |
(5) |
|
PA |
Lancaster County: Columbia Water Co |
1 |
12.1 |
|
PA |
Crawford County: Meadville Area Water Authority |
1 |
32.7 |
|
PA |
Huntington County: Huntington Boro Water Dept |
1 |
6.7 |
|
PA |
Berks County: Muhlenberg Town Municipal Authority |
1 |
4 |
|
TX |
Midland, Hockley, Gaines, Dawson, Glascock, Martin, Andrews, Ector, and Howard Counties |
47 systems** |
32 |
|
UT |
Magna |
1 |
16 |
|
UT |
Promontory |
1 |
42 |
|
VA |
Accomack County: Perdue Farms Inc |
1 |
4.3 |
|
WA |
Puyallup |
4 |
8 |
|
WA |
Pierce County: Lakewood WD |
2 |
6 |
*Parentheses indicates unconfirmed detections. PPB = parts per billion.
**Number of contaminated sources in these systems not available
Source: EWG 2003
References:
- Associated Press (AP). 2002. High levels of chemical found in West Texas drinking water. April 23, 2002.
- Clean Water Report (CWR). 2002. Possible perchlorate lessons to learn as pollutant progresses to city wells; Maryland. August 12, 2002.
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 2001. Memorandum re: Perchlorate occurrence table and maps. March 2, 2001.
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 2003b. Data downloaded from EPA’s Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule database. Data as of January 2003. http://www.epa.gov/safewater/data/ucmrgetdata.html.
- Gullick, RW; Lechevallier, MW; Barhorst, TS. 2001. Occurrence of perchlorate in drinking water sources. American Water Works Association Journal. Jan 2001: 66-76.
- Rogers, K. 2003. Company seeks help with cleanup. Las Vegas Review-Journal. January 11, 2003.
- Sweeney, F. 2003. Contamination may have spread; more San Martin wells to be tested. February 23, 2003. San Jose Mercury News.