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Article: Court rejects ski resort's snow plan for wastewater.(News)
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- Waste News
- Article date:
- March 19, 2007
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Byline: Bruce Geiselman
A federal appeals court has shot down a plan by an Arizona ski resort to use treated wastewater to make snow.
The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco sided with environmentalists and Indian tribes that want to block the plan on environmental and religious grounds.
The Arizona Snowbowl had negotiated an agreement with nearby Flagstaff to purchase treated wastewater and pipe it to their mountain ski resort, which is on property owned by the U.S. Forest Service. The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality had given its approval, concluding it would be safe for the environment. Because of water shortages ...