2010 Source Water Protection Projects
Project Name:
GIS/GPS Mapping and Well Cap Project
Project Sponsor: Village of Paxton
Award Amount: $7,786
Description:
Map Village of Paxton’s drinking water infrastructure using GIS/GPS.
Decommission an inactive drinking water well and deconstruct the dilapidated well house structure.
Mail residents informational brochure on nitrates and give tours of the wells and water storage facility to the local schools.
Project Name:
Source Water Protection Project
Project Sponsor: City of Wayne
Award Amount: $21,500
Description:
Develop a wellhead protection plan.
Establish a wellhead protection area ordinance.
Educate the community about drinking water protection by Test Your Well Night, town hall meetings and a community workshop.
Decommission abandoned wells.
Provide cost-share to farmers, within the wellhead protection area, for deep soil sampling as a means to manage fertilizer loading.
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