LUST IN LOS ANGELES Prioritizing Leaking Underground Storage Tank Cleanup in Los Angeles County By Rickey Russell LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS LUST ARE A MAJOR SOURCE OF GROUNDWATR CONTAMINATION IN CALIFORNIA ID: 335563
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MAPPING LUST IN LOS ANGELES
Prioritizing Leaking Underground Storage Tank Cleanup in Los Angeles County
By Rickey RussellSlide2
LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS (LUST) ARE A MAJOR SOURCE OF GROUNDWATR CONTAMINATION IN CALIFORNIA
1 Cent of Every Gallon of Gas Goes Towards LUST Cleanup, $100 Million Annually
Still, a Large Backlog of Cases Exist in California
Over 10,000 Cases Statewide
There is no Established System to Prioritize Site Cleanup Within the State Slide3
OVER 1500 OPEN CASES IN LOS ANGELES COUNTYSlide4
750 Sites Have Been Identified as in Need of Cleanup…
… So a Methodology to Prioritize Cleanup of the LUST in LA is NeededSlide5
Maybe LUST is an Environmental Justice Issue and correlates with Poverty Rates? Slide6Slide7
But it Seems the Location of LUST Shares a Stronger Correlation With DensitySlide8Slide9
Maybe Water is a Better Way to Prioritize LUST Cleanup?Slide10Slide11Slide12Slide13
SourcesLUST Data from State Water Control Board http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/ust/Poverty and Density Data from ACS
http://www.census.gov/acs/www/Shape Files From CAL Atlas http
://atlas.ca.gov/