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Residents urge city to press for perchlorate cleanup tied to fireworks; call for utilities workshop
Summary
Speakers at the Anaheim meeting urged the city to hold a public utilities workshop on perchlorate contamination in groundwater, arguing nightly fireworks displays are a major source and that residents should not bear cleanup costs; speakers cited a $12 million estimated cleanup and urged the city to demand accountability.
A string of public commenters asked the city to address perchlorate contamination in Anaheim's groundwater — a chemical linked to fireworks — and to hold a public utilities workshop on the issue.
Thomas Fielder, a longtime Anaheim resident and advocate, told the council that “fireworks that are set off every night at Disneyland are a major source of this chemical” and that perchlorate treatment for affected wells would cost about $12 million,…
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