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Barton Springs toxic
Odd about this whole thing, is how quickly the city acted to shut down
for ninety days on the basis of the Austin American Statesman news paper report. Why not two weeks or six months, with what little they know I don't know how they can pick a specific time frame. More realistic it would seem, would be closing the springs until tests came back to see if closing the springs were actually necessary. Obviously the big fear on the City's part would be litigation. It always kills me listening to talk radio discussing payments the city makes to settle suits, instead of simply saying how much are you and I going to fork over in each case. I am curious, and I have no evidence on this, I'm just speculating but I'm curious, if this closing due to 'toxic' waste, is a fortuitous chance to save the city money considering the budget shortfall that are a recent and big problem. I would also certainly like to know what the city parks department has been using to fertilize the grass on the hill and the area above. There has been a lot of discussion about the toxicity of Ironite, being the tailings from an abamdoned silver mine in Humbolt Arizona but it is not the only commercially available fertilizer that uses industrial toxic waste 'recycled' as fertilizer. ( Anyone interested in this can read 'Fateful Harvest' by journalist Duff Wilson. ) take care' Steve Coyle www.austingardencenter.com |
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