Last week we blogged that Navy and Irvine Ranch Water District (IRWD) officials had declared Irvine's drinking water safe at a presentation before the Orange County Great Park board--despite an acknowledged polluted plume under parts of the city and its source, the former El Toro Marine Corps Air Station base that will become the Great Park. The Navy is in charge of cleaning up that plume, coordinating with the IRWD.Resident Marsha Taylor was watching that presentation from home on the loca
Groups that are purporting to be concerned about high concentrations of toxins in Irvine's drinking water today received a strong rebuke from City Manager Sean Joyce.Marsha Taylor of El Toro Now!, the group of mostly John Wayne Airport-impacted Newport Beach residents clinging to the idea of a commercial airport being built over the former El Toro Marines Corps Air Station -- now known as the future Great Park -- has for months been alerting local press, Irvine residents and Marines and their fa
