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Planned GEO Prison in Adelanto, California Faces Sewage Hurdles
Loaded on Dec. 15, 2011
published in Prison Legal News
December, 2011, page 38
In January 2011, the Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board called for a cease and desist order to prevent the City of Adelanto, California from establishing any new sewer connections. The board said that Adelanto’s water utility authority had created a significant health risk by exceeding the capacity of its ...
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