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Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians salutes Mission Springs Water District’s battle against septic tanks

Posted by: Maven on April 25, 2010 at 7:29 am

From MyDesert.com, this commentary by Richard M. Milanovich of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians:

“Regarding The Desert Sun’s editorial of April 11, 2010, (“Invest to keep water safe and pure”), the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians congratulates the Mission Springs Water District for working to improve groundwater in the Coachella Valley by establishing a program to eliminate nearly 5,000 septic tanks in Desert Hot Springs that are a threat to our long-term water quality.

While the area at risk contains important historic mineral springs that have attracted Desert Hot Springs residents and spa-goers, the tribe also has a growing concern that the valley’s high-quality aquifer is being systematically degraded with groundwater from the Colorado River with high levels of undissolved solids and rising salinity.

All of us in the Coachella Valley are in “overdraft” mode, taking more of the aquifer’s pristine water than is replaced by naturally occurring sources. Older, potentially leaky and unmonitored septic systems add to this degradation. … “

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April 25, 2010 · Filed Under Coachella Valley

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