Wellhead Protection Area

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Wellhead Protection Area: - A protected surface and subsurface zone surrounding a well or well field supplying a public water system to keep contaminants from reaching the well water.
[Environmental Protection Agency]

News archive for Wellhead Protection Area::

Well, there's a proactive approach to leaky oil tanks  -  Nov 17, 2007
VillageSoup Belfast,Kronholm estimated there are about 30 homes within the wellhead protection area that serves SWD customers. Peter Moulton of the Maine DEP assists with an

Article 54 seeks sharper enforcement of pesticide control  -  Nov 4, 2007
Nantucket Island Inquirer,...specifically in a mid-island area where Nantucket processes its drinking water, referred to in the warrant as the “Interim Wellhead Protection Area.

Pompton dump site worries lawmakers  -  Nov 17, 2007
NorthJersey.com,..."We raise the concern for this site due to the fact that these materials lie on wetlands in proximity to the Pompton Lakes' wellhead protection area,

Land Bank completes $12.5M Old South Road buy  -  Nov 4, 2007
Nantucket Island Inquirer,The property is also in the wellhead protection area, which feeds Nantucket’s sole source aquifer, one reason why both the market and larger subdivision

Freetown considers plans to generate its own water  -  Aug 22, 2007
SouthCoastToday.com,...who can issue an interim wellhead protection area permit," said John DeSousa of Eldredge Surveying and Engineering, a consultant on the project.

Lititz to test all its wells  -  Jul 30, 2007
Lancaster Newspapers,Pettyjohn said the nitrate levels are worse in the spring because of fertilizer being spread on the fields within the wellhead protection area.

Water subject murky  -  Aug 2, 2007
Lancaster Newspapers,..."This situation is especially sensitive because the (Rohrer) facility is located within the Lititz wellhead protection area," Diamond wrote.




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