[CPEO-MEF] DIOXANE: Who pays for treatment at Tucson (AZ) Airport?

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Treatment plant for groundwater a Tucson priority

Editorial
Arizona Daily Star
July 13, 2011

The city of Tucson and its water utility are correctly taking the  
lead by spending $10 million to build a new treatment plant to remove  
a dangerous carcinogen from south-side groundwater.

Though Tucson Water and the city aren't responsible for the  
contamination of the aquifer and ought not to pay the costs of the  
cleanup, the priority has to be providing safe drinking water, as  
Deputy City Manager Richard Miranda told the Star's editorial board  
last week.

Sorting out who pays can come later.


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For the entire editorial, see
http://azstarnet.com/news/opinion/editorial/ 
article_f2d4620f-2f46-58a1-8c27-1e2ba8a69f0c.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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