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ARIZONA GYMNAST Kennady Schneider sticks her landing from the uneven bars in McKale Center on Oct. 6, 2015. Schneider, now a sophomore, has competed in every meet since attending Arizona.
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Tucson water not all that bad BY AMANDA OIEN
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Arizona gymnastics head coach Tabitha Yim implemented the #ARIZONASTICK initiative to revitalize home crowds in McKale Center and build community between fans and the team
The city of Flint, Michigan, has been making headlines since dangerous amounts of lead contaminated the public water supply, forcing residents to turn to bottled water instead of tap. While the water flowing through Tucson is nowhere near the contamination levels that plague Flint, experts weighed in on the safety and quality of the water that runs through this city’s sinks. Water quality in Tucson is not something the public should be concerned about, according to Sharon Megdal, director of the UA Water Resources Research Center. In fact, the quality is exceptional. “Our water quality in Tucson and the region is very good,” she said. According to the 2014 Annual Water Quality report, Tucson’s water supply comes from 200 groundwater wells located in and around the Tucson metropolitan area. The report states that Tucson water contains beneficial minerals like calcium and minerals that remain harmless at low levels like lead and arsenic. “We have not only very good quality water, but we undertook, over the last many years, a major pipe replacement program,” Megdal said. “There’s no comparison. The people here have nothing to worry about in terms of the quality of the water.” Jon Chorover, head of the UA Soil Water and Environmental Science program, said Tucson’s city water is incomparable to that of the Flint crisis. “Tucson groundwater is of high quality,” Chorover said. “We’re not in a position to anything similar to what was going on in Flint, Michigan.” Chorover is also a co-director at the Arizona Laboratory for Emerging Contaminants, which analyzes water in order to detect and quantify contaminants in very low concentrations. Research and water treatment has grown exponentially and specifically
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