2011 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 08:42:36 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] DIOXANE: Who pays for treatment at Tucson (AZ) Airport?
 
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
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