Mobile Home Park Fined $50K for Poisonous Arsenic Water Woes
Published Date: 1/23/2025
Notice
Summary
The Department of Justice is making a deal with the owners of Oasis Mobile Home Park in California to fix their unsafe water system, which has dangerous arsenic levels. The owners will pay a $50,000 fine and must improve both their drinking water and wastewater systems on a set schedule. People have 30 days to share their thoughts on this plan before it’s final.
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Owners Must Pay $50,000 and Fix Systems
The owners of Oasis Mobile Home Park must pay a $50,000 civil penalty to the United States and must undertake injunctive actions to bring the park’s systems into compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act. The consent decree was lodged on January 16, 2025, and requires the owners to fix the drinking water system first and then begin work on the wastewater system under an EPA-approved compliance schedule.
Park Users Get Arsenic Safety Fixes
If you use water at Oasis Mobile Home Park in Thermal, California, the park’s groundwater has high levels of naturally occurring arsenic and the proposed consent decree requires owners to improve the drinking water system first and then address the wastewater system on an EPA-approved schedule. The decree aims to remove an imminent and substantial endangerment to the health of the park’s users.
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