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Digital Traveler: Rialto, California and One Chemical
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Friday 21 December 2007

Rialto, California and One Chemical


Rialto, California used to be a big citrus growing area.

You'd think a town like Rialto would be tiny. But it's not. There are 101,000 people living in this place that many have never heard of.

It's the town where I pick up the train to go to Union Station in L.A. and it's almost an hour away from my home in Palm Springs.

The big event there this past weekend was The Rialto Holiday On Ice, which was a fundraising reception to support Lindsay Davis, an ice skater who ranks 7th in National US Junior Figure Skating.

Rialto is located in San Bernardino County and is about 10 miles from the city of San Bernardino.

On Rialto's Web site, you can view streaming video of their city council meetings.

Oh, and Rialto has a big worry. There's perchlorate in the Rialto-Colton Groundwater Basin.

Perchlorate is the primary ingredient of solid rocket propellant, and it's in the tap water of the water supplies in many cities.

Here's what the EPA is doing about it: "EPA is currently undertaking efforts to help the Agency determine if regulation of perchlorate in drinking water would represent a meaningful opportunity for reducing risks to human health."

Hmmm

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