___ The Salt LakeTribuneUTAH/NATION Friday,December4, 1998_ Drinking Water @ Utah’s Share Faces New Set of Federal Standards Utah communities will receive $7.5 million in loans to improve drinking-water systems. They also will receive $771,000 @ Continued from A-1 in grant money for the public water supply. mental-engineering professor, MassoudPirbazari. “Wethink it’s the No.1 biological baddie and the No. 1 chemical baddie,” agreed Paul Schwartz, national campaign director of diagnosed a year, but Navin said those figuresare just “the tip of the iceberg” because the disease is hard to test for and diagnose. The EPA standards will mandate that water be muchfreer of particles, determined by a scien- Clean Water Action, an environ- mental advocacygroup in Washington. “They are prevalent in the watersupply andi they both can do a lot of damage.” tific measure called “turbidity.” Water would be required to have a turbidity rating of 1 instead of Of the two contaminants, eryp- tosporidium is the better-known the current standard of 5. Mil- threat, especially after the Milwaukee outbreak. It is caused by tiny microbes — it would take about 1,000 of them to equal the size of a letter in this newspaper — from humanand animalwaste that somehow remainin the water supply. Crypto, as it is often called in shorthand,“ is serious for a number of reasons,” said Tom Navin, medical epidemiologist in the par- asitic disease division of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. One is the finding that it is fairly common in water sourcesin the United States. And the second is that it can cause severe and prolonged diarrhea.” Crypto is especially dangerous for people with weak immune systems, such as those with AIDSor whoare being treated for cancer. About 2,000 cases of crypto are waukee had a rating of 2 whenit hadits outbreak, Schwartz said. Many water utilities already Western Guvs Talk About Water Issues THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOENIX — Western gover- lation growth is a dominant factor ulations, she said. resource. “You can’t tell a residential customerto turn off the spigot — more have to take into account the steady increase in urban pop- in fighting overtheall-important they need it,” said Newcomers to Oregon are flocking to suburbs, and rural ar- South Dakota Gov. Bill Janklow eas will lose political clout in re- and others appealed for unity amongWesternstates, particular- districting after the 2000 Census, said Gov. John Kitzhaber. That means, Kitzhaber told 10 ly when challenging unfavorable federal policies. fellow governors and governors- “They really think the Westis their playground. They don't elect attending the opening session, that farmers and other di- want it developed,” he said. After Thursday's brief opening rect users of natural resources must acknowledgethe legitimacy of recreation-oriented urban dwellers opposed to clear-cutting session, the meeting is scheduled to go into high gear this morning with discussions on a wide array of issues, including international trade, a proposed regional presidential primary election, outer offorests or useof pesticides “You can ignore it at your per- e got money and they'reincreasinglyactive.” executive director of the Associa- fields to go unplanted in drought years, water managers more and that included warningsthat popu- but others will be forced to build new treatment systems. “The health standardsin these the right balance between remoying microbes and controlling levels of potentially harmful byproducts,” said Diane VanDe Hei, Whereas farmers could allow nors assembled Thursday for their winter meeting, opening with a water-issues discussion qualify under the new standard, rules are tough and they strike policydecisions. he said. “They vote and continental-sheif revenue sharing and open-landsinitiatives. This afternoon, the governors will begin a summit on environmental issues, including a doc- Rita Pearson, Arizona's director of water resources, said population growth makesreliability of water supplies an increasingly im- trine of trying to find middle portant consideration in water- ground on controversial issues. Al3 Oregon’s SeriouslyIll Fired Up As Medical-Pot Law Takes Effect THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PORTLAND, can dodge Ore. — With a deep drag on her glowing pipe Gail Willock gavea satisfied stare a conviction by having a doctor confirm that the drug could ease their debilitating illness. through her hazy basement. In the Sufferers of AIDS, cancer and glaucomaqualify as long as they thritis and glaucoma, it was prob- don’t sell the drug or Willock is amongtheseriously ill Oregonians who breathed a sigh of relief Thursday as a new empts from prosecution people 30 years she’s smokedpot for arablyher first legal toke. medical-marijuana law kicked in that allows them to puff with impunity. “I don't feel nearly criminal as I usedto,” Willock said public place. But the law use it ina also ex- whosuffer severe pain, nausea seizures and muscle spasms. That's whathas police worried ‘Thereality of this is anyone charged with a marijuana offense can raise the affirmative defense,” said Molalla Police Chief RobElkins. The 48-year-old woman said marijuana cutsher pain in half. Willock welcomed the law EvenOregon's attorney general is not sure whomto arrest and bureaucrats are hustling to iron out such details as permits and that federal law still prohibits passed byvoters last month, but policing policies by May 1, when medical marijuana users will receive state registration cards. Until then, they are protected under an affirmative-defense provision written into the law While police are still able to ar- rest marijuana users, suspects howto proceed. Clouding the issue is the fact marijuanause. 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