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Residents urge county to review Visbi effluent recharge plan over San Pedro River and well concerns
Summary
Two Palominas-area residents told the Cochise County Flood Control District on June 10 that the proposed Visbi effluent recharge project could harm the San Pedro River and local wells, raising chemical and geology concerns. Supervisors said they plan work sessions and offered no final action.
Two residents urged the Cochise County Flood Control District on June 10 to reconsider a planned effluent recharge project they say could harm the San Pedro River and local wells.
At a public-comment segment at the Flood Control District meeting in Bisbee, Jack Veal, a Palominas resident, said treated wastewater planned for recharge could carry so-called "forever chemicals" into groundwater and local wells. "Basically, we're gonna be drinking cancer, probably, causing, products if y'all allow this project to happen and pump into our river," Veal said. He asked whether the county had held public meetings for residents whose wells could be affected and offered to…
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