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13 years,later, <br /> well cleanup <br /> in Manteca <br /> continues <br /> By Alex Breitler <br /> Record Staff Writer <br /> MANTECA— There was no <br /> putrid taste,no foul odor. <br /> And no reason to suspect that <br /> the water gushing from Robert a`s <br /> Mack's backyard well was laced <br /> with chemicals leaking from a <br /> nearby gas station. MICHAEL McCOLLUM/The Record <br /> Mack,77,wishes he'd known. Robert Mack displays the three water filters he has to use due <br /> He and his wife,Dorothy,ran a to contamination of the well water at his Airport Way home. <br /> residential care home at their <br /> Airport Way property and treating wells that pump water underground storage tank oper- <br /> raised their granddaughter to about a dozen nearby homes. ators contribute.But Guinta has <br /> there. For years, the fuel additive spent $1.5 million, his maxi- <br /> "What bothers me is how MTBE trickled from the gas sta- mum share. He says he can't <br /> long we were drinking it,"Mack tioWs underground tanks. The afford to do any more work. <br /> said, adding there's no way to chemicals spread into a wide Now, the state has stepped <br /> know if the family's health has plume, sinking to unknown in with $100,000 from an <br /> been jeopardized. depths and tainting the ground- account reserved for emergen- <br /> It's been more than a decade water to the north.MTBE con- cies in which any delay would <br /> since the fuel leaks were dis- tains chemicals believed to "endanger human health,safety <br /> covered at Frank's One Stop cause cancer. and the environment," Brian <br /> on West Yosemite Avenue,just Gas 'station owner Frank Newman of the Central Valley <br /> west of town. Now, state water Guinta of Manteca tried to Regional Water Quality Control <br /> officials have tapped $100,000 clean up the mess using mon- Board said. "We're picking up <br /> in emergency funds to continue ey from a fund into which all SEE MANTECA, PAGE A7 <br /> r� <br />