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Resident urges investigation after E. coli detection in Maricopa drinking water
Summary
A Maricopa resident told the City Council that a water sample tested positive for E. coli and asked the council to investigate why customers were not notified within regulatory timelines; no formal council action was taken during the meeting.
Terry Yoshi, a Maricopa resident, told the Maricopa City Council on Sept. 2 that a water sample taken “last Tuesday” tested positive for E. coli and asked the council to open a full investigation and explain why customers were not notified promptly.
Yoshi said the detection amounted to a Tier 1 incident and cited federal and state notification requirements as the basis for his concern: “And, we should all have been notified by the 20 eighth. That's a 24 hour, by, EPA and, Arizona, DEQ by their regulations.” He asked the council to…
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