San Gabriel Valley : Sewage-to-Drinking-Water Plan Hits Snag
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A water agency’s proposal to convert sewage to drinking water for 1 million San Gabriel Valley residents hit a stumbling block last week when a Superior Court judge ruled that the project’s environmental report doesn’t adequately examine health risks.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Florence Pickard ruled that the report fails to examine new data on viruses in recycled water.
Irwindale-based Miller Brewing Co. had filed suit against the Upper San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District two years ago to stop the proposal. The nation’s second-largest brewer could face a public relations nightmare in trying to persuade the public that beer made with treated sewage water is as pure as beer made with Rocky Mountain spring water.
Water district officials are deciding whether to rework the environmental report and continue to push the $25-million project, said Tony Fellow, a board member for the district, which serves 14 San Gabriel Valley cities.
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