[CPEO-BIF] Alternate water for TCE-contaminated Intercourse, Pennsylvania

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

A welcome solution for water mystery in Intercourse
State steps up to help residents

By AD CRABLE
Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era (PA)
July 8, 2013

Ten frustrating years since an industrial contaminant began showing  
up in the drinking water used by Intercourse homes and businesses, a  
safe public water system is on its way.

By late 2015 or early 2016, the first public water should begin  
flowing to about 500 connections that will serve the Leacock Township  
tourist town and growing residential developments surrounding the  
community.

"I keep thinking I'll be retired before I get this thing done," says  
Frank E. Howe, a township supervisor for 27 years.

"It's like anything that goes through environmental agencies — it  
just takes time."

Intercourse's long path to clean water began in 2003, when the  
developer of the planned Watson Run development performed required  
water-quality tests on new wells to serve its homes.


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For the entire article, see
http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/869950_A-welcome-solution- 
for-water-mystery-in-Intercourse.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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