Lana Turner's Home County Spends $12.5 Million To Insure Against Crypto
Shoshone County, Idaho was the home of Lana Turner (1921-1995). One of the 20th Century's biggest movie stars was discovered, according to the story, at Schwab's Drug Store by the publisher of the Hollywood Reporter. The railroad and mining town of Wallace, Idaho, however was also known for its whorehouses, some of which remained opened throughout much of the 20th Century.
So its no surprise that what appears on the surface might not be the entire story in this large county with fewer than 13,000 people.
For over 14 years, the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality has been trying to get the Central Shoshone County Water District to address what might be below the surface--giardia and cryptosporidium.
According to Steve Tanner, IDEQ engineering manager for North Idaho, CSCWD is the last large surface water-influenced water district in the state that remains unfiltered.
After failing to pass tax increases before, last August voters in Shoshone County did approve new taxes to pay for a new filtration plant.
Bids for the $12.5 million project, designed to provide the district with thousands of gallons per day of treated, potable water will be accepted on Feb. 25th.
Clean water free of giardia and cryptosporidium contamination will cost Shoshone rate-payers about $5 a month to start.
See the story on this in the Shoshone News Press here.
