Friday Top of the Scroll: Much of California’s water wells are contaminated with chromium-6. Could a costly fix be coming?
California has yet to comprehensively deal with pervasive chromium-6 contamination, but that may soon change. The State Water Resources Control Board held public workshops this week as it moves into what might be one of the final phases of the process of regulating the contaminant. They looked specifically at the costs of cleaning up the problem after the board published more data and analysis of the extent of chromium-6 contamination last week.