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Article #5574underground water contamination
From: Ardynne Shelton
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 00:00
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 00:00
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I live in the high sierras, one mountain south of Yosemite, in Shaver Lake, Ca. and Fresno County has put in sewer ponds over a large underground lake. The ponds have no lining, and the soil is holland clay. When it rains, they pump the sewer water out onto the ground, and it runs into a creek, and it is traveling everywhere above and below ground. I took pictures of this and called the county, they informed me it was the clear spring water, from under the ponds they were releasing. There were large amounts white foam, so I had it tested for detergent, and the results came back positive from the lab. A few days later I went back to the ponds, after I had called the county to inform them of the results; and they now were pumping the excess up the hill, to some sewer ponds above. This was approximately in 1992. There is a reverse condemnation lawsuit from the property owners below the ponds, stating (and I have not seen proof in writting) that the county has contaminated their underground water on 120 acres of their land. I had called the state to check on the county in 1992, and they sent the county to check on themselves. I had them test some black sludge that was seeping out of the ground below the ponds, and when the results came back, the county told me it was not oil or grease, and to fingerprint it, the cost would start at $5,000.00 and they said it was too expensive to do. If you know where I can obtain more information, in order to stop the pollution, it would be greatly appreciated. Please e-mail me directly. Any assistance will be greatly appreciated. Sincerely, Ardynne Shelton
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10df74,3c93d7d662fa6e07,start X-Google-Attributes: gid10df74,public From: lance@valleynet.com (Ardynne Shelton) Subject: underground water contamination Date: 1996/06/26 Message-ID: <lance-2606962222170001@oneals1-12.valleynet.com> X-Deja-AN: 162337332 organization: Watch Dog newsgroups: ca.environment