$8 million state rescue for high school triggered by Lebec water district lease with Tejon Ranch

By Patric Hedlund, TME

An estimated $8,000,000 water infrastructure project funded by state grants is bringing Christmas cheer to Lebec.

The project will supply clean drinking water to the students of Frazier Mountain High School, plus provide an additional healthy source of water to Lebec residents.

In recent years, mineral contaminants such as fluoride in the high school’s well exceeded…(please see below to view full stories and photographs)

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After a year of negotiation with Tejon Ranchcorp attorneys, Samuel Stern, president of the Lebec County Water District Board, presents El Tejon Unified School District Superintendent Sara Haflich the agreement to provide clean water to Frazier Mountain High School for the next 35 years.

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This is part of the December 20, 2019 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.

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