The Joshua Basin Water Board will honor retiring Shirley Bolha and address new chromium-6 standards tonight. Reporter Mike Lipsitz takes a close look at the agenda…
Following recognition of Shirley Bolha, who retires after 47 years with the Joshua Basin Water District, the board of directors will take up a number of important items at tonight’s regular 7 p.m. meeting. Near the top of the agenda is a presentation on funding a $31,000 hydro profiling project, thought to be necessary to establish the district’s need to address new regulations for limiting chromium-6. If—or more precisely—when the profiling project shows the District to be out of compliance for limiting chromium-6, the data collected will qualify the district to pursue grants from an available pool said to exceed $7 billion. As part of that same issue, General Manager Curt Sauer will seek board approval for the District to take part in a research project which aims to determine how best to use ion exchange to treat the water system for chromium-6. The would occur in partnership with the Bureau of Reclamation and the Mojave Water Agency. The meeting takes place at the District Office on Chollita Road in Joshua Tree.
JOSHUA BASIN WATER DISTRICT SAYS GOODBYE TO BOLHA, PLANS FOR CHROMIUM-6 STANDARDS
