A Bethpage drinking supply well shut down

[hrmjustin]

BETHPAGE, N.Y. (AP) -- A drinking supply well in Bethpage, Long Island, has been shut down after elevated levels of radium were detected.

Bethpage Water District officials say the amount of radium does not exceed federal or state drinking water standards. They will run tests to try to determine where the radioactive element is coming from.

Newsday ( http://bit.ly/16XE6n0 ) reports that the district has sought permission to test monitoring wells operated by the Navy and Northrop Grumman that are part of Superfund cleanups.

The district also is seeking Nassau County approval for a pilot program that would use a resin to remove the radium, a known carcinogen. The district has six other drinking supply wells.



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[shraby]

1. Isn't that something that elevates in wells not too long before earthquakes?

Seems an older study discovered that in California.

[hrmjustin]

2. I hope not because if there is an earthquake the whole of the northeast will feel it.