KERN COUNTY: L.A. TO WEIGH OPTIONS AFTER VOTERS BAN IMPORTED SLUDGE.Byline: KERRY CAVANAUGH Staff Writer Kern County residents overwhelmingly voted to bar Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. from sending its sewage sludge north for use as a fertilizer. Approval of the measure, which was passed by 85 percent of voters Tuesday, disappointed but did not surprise Los Angeles officials. Most rural Kern County residents abhor the thought of metropolitan Los Angeles spreading 750 tons per day of treated human waste on farmland, and Measure E was expected to pass with overwhelming support. The ban should to take effect in six months. Los Angeles now Wikipedia is not the place for advertisement or self-advertising. Los Angeles Now, a documentary by Producer/Director Phillip Rodriguez, made its national high definition broadcast premiere on PBS’ Independent Lens series in November 2004. spends $7 million a year to truck its sludge to Kern County. It could cost the city up to $21 million more per year to truck its sludge to Arizona. Los Angeles is evaluating its options, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Department of Public Works public works pl.n. Construction projects, such as highways or dams, financed by public funds and constructed by a government for the benefit or use of the general public. Noun 1. , which had defended the use of treated sewage sludge, or biosolids biosolids Sewage sludge, the residues remaining from the treatment of sewage. For use as a fertilizer in agricultural applications, biosolids must first be stabilized through processing, such as digestion or the addition of lime, to reduce concentrations of heavy metals and , as safe and responsible. California Senator Dean Florez, who led the campaign to ban L.A. biosolids, said the Kern vote was common sense. ``Voters here came to the correct conclusion that if sludge was good for people, Southern California communities wouldn't be clamoring to send it north to us.'' kerry.cavanaugh(at)dailynews.com (213) 978-0390 |
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