According to this story in the LA times the city of Rialto is making another move on another strategy to see if they can get the Environmental Agency to move from their first findings on that they have a Court Case started that they should play out the way that it is working in court! Since they cannot get the problem fixed, and the money that they are getting to come in now on the new Taxes are for other expenses that they want that they are going to attempt to get the EPA to take another look into the Sudden Emergency that Rialto is under with the lack of Fresh Water that we are under. Yet There has not been any Issuance of Problems related to the lack of fresh water to keep our yards green and our plants nice and the cars in our driveways clean.
Even with this State of Emergency that has been Printed in the Los Angeles Times, they still have not asked via local efforts for Rialto not to Water or Wash our Cars Etc Etc...
I don't know what the Emergency is But that they are getting tired of paying for the Law Suit that they were talked into by their City Lawyer that should have been fired Back when the Sheriff Department was not Hired as the Law Enforcement Agency, and the whole Law Suit was lost to the Rialto Police Benefit Association. Then and only then was the time that the City Council should have rolled the heads of City Administrator Garcia, and the representation for Rialto as the lawyer Owens...but NOOO they were kept...that means they have to much dirt on the current administration running the city!!!
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Rialto declares a water emergency
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The city hopes to get state funding to help clean up and halt chemical contamination of its drinking water supply.
Rialto city officials have declared a state of emergency, citing concerns about a shrinking water supply in danger of further contamination by dangerous chemicals.The City Council voted on the declaration Tuesday in an attempt to secure state funding to halt the spread of industrial perchlorate in city groundwater. The growing, six-mile-long chemical plume in the north end of the San Bernardino County city contaminates 360 million gallons of groundwater each month.
"It's time now that somebody heard us and helped us," said Mayor Grace Vargas. "We need to protect our citizens."
The declaration criticizes state and local regulatory agencies for failing to aggressively enforce cleanup efforts, and warns that Rialto would be "extremely vulnerable" in the event of a "catastrophic interruption" of its clean water supply.
Although the city says its safeguards prevent residents from drinking polluted water, the plume grows about 20 inches a day and poses a growing threat to nearby communities such as Colton, officials said.
The wet winter of several years ago caused the levels of perchlorate in water samples to spike, said Rialto Mayor Pro Tem Winnie Hanson. About half a dozen wells are affected by contamination, said Councilman Ed Scott.
In addition, Hanson said, drought conditions and water shortages in Northern California have increased pressure on Rialto's aquifer, the city's main source of drinking water.
"It is now beyond the city's water department to continue to provide a safe, affordable and reliable water supply," states the city declaration, which cautions that Rialto might have to impose water rationing or a moratorium on new water hookups.
"It's really jeopardizing our growth," Scott said.
The city has spent an estimated $20 million over several years on cleanup efforts and legal fees in an ongoing lawsuit against several corporations that it blames for causing the pollution at a 160-acre site, Hanson said.
More than 40 companies are alleged to be involved in the contamination, including Goodrich Corp., Pyro Spectaculars and Black & Decker. The cleanup could cost as much as $300 million.
Perchlorate, used in rocket fuel, batteries and fireworks, can interfere with thyroid function and produce birth defects.
susannah.rosenblatt @latimes.com
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