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:a <br />I(ay oQty((!.i <br />4701 E. Fig Ave. <br />Manteca, Ca. 95336 (1) <br />17 <br />0115101 '.. <br />TRACY, SAN JOAQL <br />Vol. 91, No. 135 Monday, S <br />`I <br />Water. <br />letters <br />to rural <br />Narning <br />Rot sent <br />-homes <br />STOCKTON (SJNS) — Resi- <br />dents of Maurland,Manor, south- <br />east of Tracy, may not be .notified <br />that nearby wells have registered <br />levels of chloroform as previously <br />announced. <br />Fred Kaufman, a supervisor in <br />the environmental health unit of <br />the San Joaquin Local Health <br />District, said Friday that a deci- <br />sion on notification would be <br />made today. <br />Thursday, however, health dis- <br />trict representative Tim Miller <br />had. told Ban Joaquin County <br />planning,- mmissioners that let- <br />ters: -would be sent out Friday <br />waiiingppople not to drink their <br />water. X,11; <br />Kaufmsli'sald two state agen- <br />cies the Regional Water Qual- <br />ity Control Board and the health <br />department — have yet to deter- <br />mine what levels of chloroform re- <br />quire residents be notified. <br />"We're just trying to make sure <br />that the two agencies agree," <br />Kaufman said. "We don't want to <br />unnecessarily alarm people." <br />Miller, however, told planning <br />commissioners that standards for <br />chlorinated public wells have an <br />action level of 100 parts per bil- <br />lion. Private wells, which aren't <br />chloronated, have an action level <br />of .19 ppb. Miller said the state <br />adopted standards developed by <br />the federal Environmental Protec- <br />tion Agency. <br />(See WELLS, back page) <br />W 11 s• 1L La- I J n ^,, <br />