print email comment close Perchlorate in California Drinking Water: Overview and Links URL: http://ww2.cdph.ca.gov/certlic/drinkingwater/Pages/Perchlorate.aspx Description: Questions and answers about the substance "used in solid propellant for rockets, missiles, and fireworks. ... California's 1997 findings showed perchlorate to be a widespread inorganic contaminant of drinking water." Includes a chart of detections since June 2003 and links to government resources for further information on results of monitoring, contaminated sites, and treatment technologies. From the California Department of Health Services. Publisher: California Department of Public Health Library of Congress Subject Headings: Drinking water -- Contamination Perchlorates Water quality -- California LII Database Information: Record 6346 created by Jennifer English on 08/03/2004 Last modification on 06/13/2008 Published: 08/03/2004   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/6346