[CPEO-MEF] San Bernardino/Camp Ono (CA) water treatment system

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

New phase begins for water cleanup

SAN BERNARDINO: Five wells are readied to join the effort to extract 
contaminating solvents.

12:54 AM PST on Wednesday, March 23, 2005

By CHRIS RICHARD / The Press-Enterprise



Officials will dedicate a system of pumps and filtration tanks to remove 
industrial solvents from San Bernardino's water supply Thursday, marking 
a turning point in a cleanup effort spanning two decades.

"We've devoted countless hours to trying to advocate on our own behalf 
to the EPA and to the federal government to make sure they knew how 
important the system was to San Bernardino," said Stacey Aldstadt, 
deputy general manager of the city's water department. "To say that this 
was our No. 1 priority is probably a vast understatement."

In addition to drinking-water supplies for 160,000 San Bernardino 
residents, the cleanup affects water sources for about 600,000 people in 
San Bernardino and Riverside counties.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.pe.com/localnews/sanbernardino/stories/PE_News_Local_B_bdedicate23.ecb6.html
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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org


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