Get yours in the mail recently?  Wonder if this explains why my pond “fountain frog” suddenly developed nasty looking black stains, although the pond water is very clear?  No biggie, not drinking that recirculating pond water myself and the Comet Goldfish appear healthy and active.   (Guess they aren’t chewing tobacco and spitting on the frog…..lol!)

Still, looks like we must now apparently deal with this Manganese contamination issue also – (“as well” might have been confusing) in addition to the arsenic and other groundwater contaminants.

What bothers me a bit is that PETE KAMPA knew about such groundwater contamination twenty years ago but failed to plan for its successful removal with his expanded GROUNDWATER SUBSTITUTION PROGRAM.  Doesn’t seem right that the MERCED RIVER WATER ENTITLED CUSTOMERS of the subdivision must now consume such GROUNDWATER when there is no legal reason for them to do so.  In other words, the only reason residents of the Lake Don Pedro Subdivision must have groundwater mixed with their “normal high quality” MERCED RIVER WATER from Lake McClure, is so the LDPCSD can provide (and expand) a special benefit GROUNDWATER SUBSTITUTION PROGRAM to properties not otherwise entitled to the MERCED RIVER WATER under 11395.

Obviously, with every new service connection OUTSIDE THE MERCED IRRIGATION DISTRICT PLACE OF USE, more GROUNDWATER CONTAMINANTS will be introduced and “blended” into the subdivision’s former, and traditional, lake water source.

Anyway, for viewers not receiving one of these   “Violation Notices”, here are two partial page copies concerning the Manganese reporting.  (Original pages were 8.5″ x  14″).

ALMOST TWICE AS MUCH AS PERMITTED –

but of course, it could be much worse.

(anyone care to bet this is just the beginning?)

 

<LINK TO MANGANESE INFORMATION>

 

My best to you and yours, Lew