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STOCKTON (CBS13) — Neighbors of a Stockton landfill that is looking <br />to expand are raising a stink about the proposal, saying it's <br />contaminated their water and sends trash blowing on their properties. <br />Nadia Perez says ever since she moved into her house <br />T <br />near the Forward Landfill off Austin Road, she's had to use bottled <br />water for just about everything. <br />"it looks clear, and it looks fine, but I don't know, it just has a weird <br />smell to it," she said as she held a glass of tap water. <br />For decades, bottled water has been provided to residents near the <br />landfill because gases seeped into the groundwater making it unsafe <br />to drink. <br />"There's an increased cancer <br />S <br />risk with those chemicals," said San Joaquin County Environmental <br />Health Department spokesman Robert McClellan. <br />But the landfill has plans <br />to expand it's operations <br />to hold even more trash. <br />The Board of Supervisors <br />plans a vote <br />on the airport's safety <br />concerns next week. <br />"They are removing up to <br />250 gallons a day and <br />treating it, so they feel <br />pretty confident they are <br />improving the condition <br />out there," said McClellan. <br />But the expansion also <br />has the nearby Stockton <br />Metro Airport raising a <br />stink. Airport officials say <br />Page 2 of 5 <br />Orchard Supr <br />THIS WEEK ONLY <br />• <br />http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2013/09/20/stockton-landfill-neighbors-oppose-expansion-plans-due-t... 9/23/2013 <br />