Tomorrow the city council will vote on their proposals to see if they should dump the remaining 200 million gallons (about 757082000 L) of wastewater from the city’s chemical plant and into the water system.
Councilwomen Debra Smith starts off by saying “absolutely not” when they asked if there should be any concern over the drinking water. Debra also states in the future the water will be safe and after it is being cleaned “it’s piped back into use but not for consumption, it goes to lawn sprinklers and that kind of thing”. Debra Smith and her team believe that this will still be safe in a good way to dispose of the water since they currently cannot find a way to dump it.
Throughout the interview, others don’t agree with Councilwoman Debra Smith, and they really don’t like the idea of an activist and a researcher. But Debra Smith said in an interview that Debra and her team will be paying for this. She states in the interview that it won’t be dangerous, and it won’t be in our drinking water, says Ms. Debra Smith.
Councilwomen Debra Smith explains how the water is polluted and where does the water go. And she thinks that is getting overblown because “people dump more hazardous material down their sink every day”. Debra Smith and her team talk to experts about it to see if they’re safe or not, which it is.
In an interview with the plant foreman guy, he doesn’t really mind about the proposed policy, he just gave a one-word reply “sure”. But although he’s fine with the proposed policy he must find another job because the plants are closing. His job is to process water overseas after we use it. He explains what chemicals the byproducts do and what they are. He said, “the byproducts have arsenic and heavy metal extracted from the organic compounds”. There’re are risks for the purpose policy but all they need is the money to dispose of the water, but since there is no source of money it will probably be safe for carcinogens to be pulled out later.
Tomorrow’s council meeting can be watched live on the city’s government website.