Lodi News-Sentinel: McNerney's "water bill could help Lodi"

The news that Congressman Jerry McNerney passed his first bill in the House of Representatives is rippling across the 11th Congressional District as local leaders determine how the bill may impact their community if it becomes law. 

In Lodi, officials are hoping to apply for funds from the "Healthy Communities Water Supply Act" to clean up contaminated sewer lines. The Lodi News-Sentinel reported today that:

Lodi can apply for money to help clean up the hazardous materials TCE and PCE, which contaminate the city's groundwater and underwater soil, Rep. Jerry McNerney, D-Pleasanton, said in a conference call with reporters Thursday afternoon.

And San Joaquin County, its cities and local water districts can apply for up to $3 million for projects that use surface, or river, water to replenish the parched groundwater basin, the congressman said.

"If we find ways to use surface water to recharge groundwater supplies, it's a good use of this money," McNerney added.

The News-Sentinel also reported that House Resolution 700 is only the "second bill authored by a freshman member of Congress to be heard by the House this year."

Click here to read the rest of reporter Ross Farrow's article.