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Anita Fields
From:gobananasnet@gmail.com
Sent:Thursday, July 17, 2025 12:43 PM
To:Planning; City Clerk; Scott Stiles
Cc:Lindsey-Paige McCloy; Steve A. Grasha; Bob - Robert Howard Heinbaugh
Subject:MAJOR ALARM BELLS GOING OFF!!! - Groundwater Protection Matters! Commission
2025-07-22 agenda #2-B
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Dear Planning Commission, City Manager, and Council Members,
CCed; Sustainability, our elected DWA Division 1 Representative, other concerned
neighborhood members and leaders,
RE: Groundwater Protection and a proposed one million five hundred thousand+ square foot
warehouse building and related serious sewage issues.
Sorry, I don't mean to go all Erin Brockovich here, but we need to get
something especially clear. There are ZERO agreements known to
exist that any city representative or other leadership could prove,
which would GUARANTEE any active sewer line service from the new
Mission Springs Water Treatment facility. That facility is located
basically across the street to the east of this project. It's especially
concerning that there are no agreements which would EVER bring
across N. Indian Canyon Dr. service to provide active sewer hookups
for ANY Palm Springs facilities or businesses currently existing or
coming in the future located north of the I-10 Freeway (Upper West
Side NOrg Business District). If there were agreements, this letter
would not be necessary. Hopefully some active sewer service
agreements come soon.
Any requirement by Planning and/or the Commission that all projects "must hookup to sewer
when it becomes available", are basically of no value at protecting our precious groundwater,
and effectively nothing more than smoke and mirrors, a painful joke. Please don't try to say,
"But they will all have Batch Systems in place", as if that fixes anything. Despite what the
Environmental Reports say, Batch Systems are nothing more than super sized septic tanks,
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and they discharge liquified sewage into our sandy soil and precious aquifers. Our area soil
types have the most rapid percolation rates of any soil types, which makes this all that more
concerning and makes the discharging all that more effectively damaging. Septic and Batch
Systems need to be banned. Just for starters, once the nitrates get into the aquifers, there is
ZERO way to remove or treat them away, and the water eventually becomes unsellable to the
public. There is no gentle way to say this, we don't need another 1,000 -1,500 warehouse
employees and visitors everyday, Everyday, EVERYDAY going to the bathroom into our
precious underground water storage aquifers. The groundwater has enough very serious
concerns to contend with already. Please don't make it worse, e.g., problematic Chromium 6
levels, TDS, and more.
Until the City has SOLID, SOLID, SOLID and RAPID guarantees that said active sewer service
hookups will happen VERY soon for that entire area of Palm Springs, no project north of the I-
10 Freeway should be approved.
Water Quality Protections Matter!
Ban the use of septic and batch systems.
This is likely an issue I will be bringing up (again) at the next (Sept.) ONE-PS meeting, because
it needs serious attention of the residents and businesses alike.
Thank you very much for your help and thoughtful consideration,
Your friends Bob Heinbaugh & Paul Hinrichsen - Upper West Side NOrg - long-time leadership
members.