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Critics say Groveland’s water not so ‘pristine’

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on June 18, 2009 at 6:45 am

From the Union Democrat:

Groveland Community Services District is one of three utilities in the nation, along with the cities of San Francisco and New York, that doesn’t have to filter debris from its water.

District General Manager Jim Goodrich said the district has a “filtration avoidance waiver” because the district’s water source — which flows from Sierra Nevada snowpack into the Tuolumne River and through the Hetch Hetchy Mountain Tunnel and is then piped to district homes — is pristine.

Yet the lack of filtration has led to some customer complaints. Two district customers filed claims against the district saying they suffered thousands of dollars of damage to their homes and appliances from debris in waterlines. Both claims were rejected at an April 27 board meeting and passed onto the district’s insurance company, which is standard procedure, Goodrich said.

The California Department of Health Services approved the filtration avoidance waiver in 1993, because the district’s water meets the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Surface Water Treatment Rule criteria for filtration avoidance.

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June 18, 2009 · Filed Under Drinking Water

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