More funding to remove cancerous agent from Glendale water
Monday, October 17, 2011 - 00:30
in Earth & Climate
Glendale Water & Power will use $550,000 in grant money to research improvements to its process for removing toxic chromium VI from groundwater.Glendale Water & Power plans to spend another $550,000 on a research project for stripping cancer-causing chromium VI from local groundwater, a process that already has cost $7.8 million. City officials say they need to make the expenditure because the current removal method has some drawbacks and the state may tighten restrictions.