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Crews boring rug into oily dirt �n contaminate water near drain BY Eric FPp - .accordingly," said Robert Mur- AecordstaffWriter doch,interim deputy director of Location of sewer "- Despite warnings of under- the clay's Municipal Utilities pipeline project '", ground gasoline contamination, Department."It's not something a work crew hired by Stockton that's unusual in constructs "erva dug into oily dirt this week, projects. It happens, and you 5 ceuow�t0" spilling fuel-tainted water into deal with IL" the storm drain and cousin The damage occurred when trouble fora$5 million,city-run run workers bored through the ti""'�"rVjiet ,� sewer-replacement project on street to install what's called a country Club Boulevard. dewatering well. Record City officials down la ed the Because the water table is so Avenue, once the home to gas p y near the surface on Country stations whose underground seriousness of the incidents and Club Boulevard, water beneath will spend part of the the next tanks now leak. Murdoch said thestreetneedstobesuckedout one well and perhaps two were two days in meetings to figure before the sewer pipe can be involved. out what to do next. installed. Crews stopped "Now we have to determine Apparently, workers dug into called the county's nrvirnon lana what the extent is and adjust an oily mass near Franklin Please see OILY,A9 ' OILY - __ - ----- --. .--- -------- - II trying to tell them is a reality, 1-11 Health tram Al ' ' ' ,_:_ and thoyheve to deal with it." InI Ifeallh Depnrintem which ' didn't even know about the .' 't Murdoch said Wednesday sewer project until last month. " 'I ' . - _ that the city did call those con- A small pile of oily sod was • sultanas, but when That was trucked to a city pumping stn r'ro --�'—" — done is unbent too. tion just west Ilerstatc 5 ;� c - Williams Busher of Rancho dumped and covered with plan "f t �. ? _ s r Cordova's Secor International tic. How mudt Contaminatedy l-�+' +-= - — was hired by Chevron to clean wahrrear, bill is are sant r9 3 f-"' ;r y ie s� f/Fft 1 y�' up an oily mass at 2103 Cotmry in unclear, but crews are using s„ h (♦`( - I Club Ave.,perhaps one struck by sandbags to keep even city storm ' urinated water from city storm _ � � �'� -' _ _ work crews. drains all along the line ofdewa- .� t.,N But he said he hadn't heard of urt seems. q the city's sewer project until It seems a lack of continual. 9 s after the damage was done this C,111011 led In the Uauble - week Other consultants could ' ry k� 1 :j, City sewer and comity public t}7: ! ,r •`rnp„_J t i not be reached for comment. works nffia;ds worked hthrthi `"- 1 - r, I From what he knows of the furlhepasl ycnr lit plan lhr � MS7' � ��•� (• spillunderclievronsoldgassm- jed,yet it was only last mmtdt coullty Envimlion,Ifrrcbr.r said(here could 6c Ilial alae nmt m d f yt �, I lcallh Department bcc mac ,�,,11 y, "(y y"." three masses joined m form a aware or u. x ?. C m"s� ,3 �.�yr single large one. That's. so because '� �t. . .,{ -`� _ ATl. 1•; .i' The city is Trying to discover Environmental Ilcalth knew of sk'-.I , Y6,.+, the boundaries attach oily mass eight old gas simian sites on and scheduled meetings today Countrylea Club contaminated DRILLING TO SIPHON:A crew drills holes Wednesday for a pump to siphonater from the ground proceD OTO and ed. yto determine how to from leaky tanks. as part of the sewer-replacement project on Country Club Boulevard in Stockton.City sewer and TWO weeks ago — three p 1 But how the contamination months after 1Cenko Inc. began county public works officials have worked together for the past year to plan the project. work on the project—Environ- will affect the project scheduled mental Health warned city to end by October is unknown. se In aer March abouuhem, Of contamination though use o[ those underground masses,and comeinto anareaofconlamina- "Unfortunately, wetjusttmw," In a March ZO letter to Stack- dewatering wells." it Provided names and hones tion when we told them it was have enough Ion's Municipal Utilities Depart• It suggested [he city P Murdoch said. ment, Environmental Health touch with oil-cam anconsuln numbers to call. there," Environmental Health's Officials told the city to watch tants hired to help y "We're kind of in the dark as to Margaret Legmict said. "Now M TO mach mporter Etc Frpo,phone out for contamination. p get rid of why they thought they wouldn't they realize that what we were sse-6273 are-man Environmental Health said It i enrpoareeominetwm hada"concern with spreading