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OUR
GREATEST ACHEIVEMENT THUS FAR:
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KEEPING SEWAGE OUT OF NEWPORT BAY
• DEFEND THE BAY WINS IRVINE RANCH WATER DISTRICT CASE
• DEFEND THE BAY DEFEATS IRVINE
CO./CITY OF IRVINE
• DEFEND THE BAY WINS
STATEWIDE PROTECTION FOR CALIFORNIA’S UNIQUE MARINE RESERVES
• DEFEND THE BAY VS. U.S.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Defend
The Bay Wins Irvine Ranch Water District Case
In
Late September, California Superior Court Judge William F. McDonald ruled
that the Irvine Ranch Water District (IRWD) violated environmental laws
in connection with its planned San Joaquin
Reservoir.
Defend
The Bay,
concerned about impaired water quality and other detrimental effects posed
by IRWD’s plan to fill a reservoir with treated wastewater, asked
IRWD to study the impacts, as required by the California Environmental
Quality Act [CEQA]. When IRWD refused, Defend The Bay took the agency
to court.
In what one newspaper called "another high-profile legal victory"
by Defend The Bay, Judge McDonald’s
order validated our serious objections to the project. The Court agreed
with Defend The Bay that the IRWD failed
to adequately consider impacts on the environment related to hazardous
materials, seismic activity, and water quality, including seepage of treated
waste water into drinking water basins. IRWD now must study and mitigate
these effects if it wishes to proceed with the project.
For
many years, Defend The Bay has been
concerned about the impact of IRWD’s operations on Newport Bay. This
important decision confirms the importance of Defend
The Bay’s vigilant oversight of actions that could pollute
the Bay and our coastal waters. Your support of our efforts makes such
victories for Newport Bay possible.
If
you would like a copy of the Court’s decision,
or press accounts of this exciting legal victory, please contact
4101 Birch Street, Suite 150
Newport Beach, California 92660
Information@DefendTheBay.org
Tel. (949)757-0017
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