ABERDEEN DECIDES (Feb. 3, 2010)
Aberdeen has made its decision. Read the full article in the NEWS DEMOCRAT: http://newsdemocrat.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=130037&SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&S=1
or in the RIPLEY BEE: http://www.ripleybee.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1132&Itemid=48
MORE DELAYS ON ABERDEEN WATER SYSTEM (Jan. 28, 2010)
Aberdeen postpones its decision. Read the full article in the NEWS DEMOCRAT: http://newsdemocrat.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=129974
RIPLEY'S NEW WELLFIELD TO BE LOCATED BEHIND THE HIGHSCHOOL? (Dec. 2, 2009)
RIPLEY- A new well for the Ripley water plant may be built behind the Ripley-Union-Lewis-Huntington High School, as Ripley village Administrator Charles Ashmore and Jeff Stine, with JD Stine and Associates, approached the RULH Board of Education about getting an easement for the project at the board’s meeting on Monday, Nov. 30. The new well would be placed back away from the existing baseball and soccer fields, and would have to have an isolated 300 foot radius around it to avoid water contamination.
Ashmore said he had begun discussions with former Superintendent Stephen Oborn three years ago about drilling test wells in the area, but the Ripley Village Council hit a snag in their planning. Now, Ashmore said that council has the funding for the test well and has hired JD Stine and Associates as the engineers for the project.
“Ripley has three existing water wells, we operate our own water system,” Ashmore said. “Those wells are getting quite old. They are still productive but we are concerned about the future. We’re trying to plan for 100 years in the future. As a result we’ve been looking for sites to construct two new water wells for the village, and the most suitable site appears to be right behind the high school here.” (Ripley Bee)
GROUNDWATER GUARDIAN (Fall 2009)
BCRWA has been awarded the Groundwater Guardian designation for 2009, the fifth year in a row, by the Groundwater Foundation, an international organization from Nebraska. Only four communities in Ohio have received this designation for their committment to protecting groundwater resources. To read more about the Groundwater Foundation and the recognition, follow the link: http://www.groundwater.org/active/community.asp?id=259
ABERDEEN MUST MAKE A DECISION ON THEIR WATER SYSTEM (Aug. 3, 2009)
Aberdeen searching for a new well field. Read the full article in the NEWS DEMOCRAT: http://newsdemocrat.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=128758&TM=47398.02
RIPLEY DECIDES ON WELL PROJECT
The Ripley Village Council voted to approve the engineering firm of J.D. Stine for the surveying and engineering work on their new well field project. Read the full article in the NEWS DEMOCRAT: http://newsdemocrat.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=127779
To find out more about the Ripley wellfield, visit the Ohio EPA site: http://swdoweb.epa.state.oh.us/SWDO/DERRsites/ripley.htm
