NEW YORK — The EPA plans to launch a $42 million study examining the extent of damage done to drinking water supplies by a component of rocket fuel, according to a news release from the National Resources Defense Counsel (NRDC).
The goal of the proposed study is to assess the occurrence of perchlorate and 25 other contaminants in water systems and potential human exposure over the next five years, according to the release.
Regulators have found perchlorate in water and soil in at least 400 sites, more than half of which are in California and Texas, the Government Accountability Office said in the release.
The study would require public water systems serving more than 10,000 people to collect a year's worth of information about the chemical and force 800 smaller water systems to draw samples to assess contamination. EPA would pay a total of $8 million for monitoring at smaller facilities, the release said. To read the full story, click here.
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