Water Board Charges That PG&E-Supplied Water In Toxic Plume Case Violates Chromium 6 Levels

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HINKLEY - The utility company at the center of this High Desert town's efforts to clean up a growing toxic plume has been cited for providing bottled water to residents that exceeds levels set by a regional water board, officials said.

San Francisco-based Pacific Gas & Electric Co. allegedly provided bottled water to residents that goes beyond the minimum chromium 6 levels required by the Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board. Chromium 6 is a cancer-causing heavy metal that has been used in industry.

And it was at the center of Hinkley's battle with PG&E after years of dumping water tainted with chromium compounds into local waste ponds and ultimately a $333million settlement over illnesses and cancers that the movie "Erin Brockovich" made famous.

The utility has provided bottled water for about 300 Hinkley households and its combined elementary and junior high school. The water board also cited PG&E for allegedly failing to provide evidence that a whole household water replacement system meets the same chromium 6 standard.

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1. What is the name of the company that bottled this water?

I cannot tell from the article...

The water board alleges that five-gallon bottles PG&E provided to some residents in August and September contained chromium 6 concentrations greater than the 0.06 parts per billion it required.

The chromium 6 concentration in the bottled water was 0.11 parts per billion in August and 0.14 parts per billion in September. Those numbers were buried in data PG&E provided without a written report, said Lauri Kemper, assistant executive officer for the Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board.

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