Marchi's

Spent today at Marchi's in New York, a lovely Italian place that hasn't really changed since the 1950s, in which you get a six-course meal: vegetables and antipasto, lasagne, fish, chicken and veal, salad, and dessert.

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY! bill_leisner 2005

County officials continued to issue housing permits to all of Marchi's labor camps, even when water testing showed a nitrate problem.

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Marchi's, doesn't even have to comply with the federal Safe Drinking Water Act. Still, the county must ensure that all water providers with fewer than 200 connections test the water at least once before receiving a permit, which is required to operate any water system with five or more connections, according to the California Code of Regulations.

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Environmental Health Director Dean Peterson said this week that his department should have required Marchi's farm to treat the water.

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Peterson said staff members have realized that Marchi's labor camps weren't the only ones operating without required water permits.

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County officials red-tagged two of Marchi's three labor camps last month because of the nitrate-tainted drinking water.

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Nitrate problems could have been averted at Marchi's Central Farm if the county had enforced its own rules on the treatment of drinking water, documents show.

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Marchi's Central Farm bordered or exceeded the public health limit for nitrates at least five times between 1990 and 2010.

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The county has implemented several new water-quality policies since Marchi's farm started making headlines.

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But it doesn't have the power to get involved in cases like Marchi's.

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