The Mendocino Voice ·
Mendocino County “not following the law” at Fort Bragg mill site
Eight households on Gibney Lane and Mallory Drive, in an unincorporated area outside Fort Bragg, draw their drinking water through carbon filters installed on their wells in 1992. The owners of the sawmill next door installed and have maintained the filters ever since because contaminants found beneath the mill were also turning up in the neighbors’ water. The state, under the State Water Resources Control Board, has been overseeing the cleanup of the sawmill site since 1995. The case is still open.