[CPEO-BIF] Private well dispute, Branchburg, New Jersey

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Branchburg sues homeowner refusing to close well and connect to  
public water supply


Written by Sergio Bichao
My Central Jersey
October 14, 2011

BRANCHBURG - The water flowing through the pipes and faucets of  
Stanley and Teresa Chrapowicki's home comes from their own private well.

The water, tested annually for contaminants, has proven clean and  
clear for the last 21 years.

But the township now wants the couple to close their well and connect  
to a public water line - and officials are taking the homeowners to  
court to force them to do so.

The problem, township officials concede, is not the Chrapowicki's  
well, which they acknowledge is clean. The problem is that a few  
years ago some of their neighbors' wells turned up dangerous amounts  
of a potentially cancer causing chemical.



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For the entire article, see
http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20111014/NJNEWS/310140036/ 
Branchburg-sues-homeowner-refusing-to-close-well-and-connect-to- 
public-water-supply

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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