Florida Proposes Controversial Water Plan
13 April 2001 - 1:00pm
Faced with water shortages, Florida is proposing a plan to inject untreated, partly contaminated water into underground water banks. And it wants the E.P.A. to waive safety rules.
"In a bid to head off drinking-water shortages, Florida is nearing approval of a plan that would allow billions of gallons of untreated, partly contaminated water to be injected deep into the ground in what would serve as subterranean water banks. " Opponents of the plan say that studies are inconclusive and the plan is dangerous.
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The New York Times, April 12, 2001
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