[CPEO-BIF] Northampton, Pennsylvania municipal water lines to be extended

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

DEP to pay for water lines

By Manasee Wagh
PhillyBurbs.com (PA)
November 2, 2011

Well-weary residents in Northampton can look forward to a future of  
fresh, clean water. And they don’t have to pay for hookups to new  
water lines.

The state Department of Environmental Protection has decided the  
township should implement its proposal to install municipal water  
lines in the township’s western end. The project will be funded by  
the DEP and will solve the contaminated well problem.

Residents living in affected areas have been rooting eagerly for this  
outcome since August, when the DEP held a public forum to discuss  
various solutions to the unsafe levels of the toxic chemical  
trichloroethylene, or TCE, in groundwater. Using public water and  
abandoning the wells is the only lasting solution, agency officials  
told residents.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/local/courier_times_news/dep-to-pay- 
for-water-lines/article_e9aeb3b8-8ce4-59aa-aa99-ab117fc65164.html


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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>
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