Flaming Faucets! Water that resembles YooHoo! ALL NATURAL, NO DRILLING REQUIRED
Every time I hear that gas drilling is to blame for flaming faucets and ugly water it makes me cringe. Nobody ever seems to remember these problems have been around for a very long time.
By Michael Ryan
FINALLY, a news article about the plight of a small New York hamlet with flaming water that is brown sludge and it happened for no clear reason...over the past 30 or more years...read on....
Board continues to work on Ashland’s water issues
By Michael Ryan
Windham Journal Staff Writer
ASHLAND — The question of how the water got so bad in Ashland went unanswered when local government leaders held a public hearing, last week, aimed at fixing the problem.
Town board members, joined by a handful of citizens, gathered for the first of two public sessions that are required as part of an ongoing effort to secure outside funding for a new water system.
As it stands now, the community is set to receive $2.8 million in grant/loan money from the United States Department of Agriculture toward the project, which will benefit the hamlet district.
The dollars come almost as if in response to the long prayers of residents who have been plagued with horrendous water for the past thirty or forty years for reasons unknown.
There was a time when mountain springs and shallow, point-driven wells produced an abundant amount of clean and pure H-2-O, although those days are clearly gone.
Town councilman Martin Blanden noted that on one occasion he observed a glass of water in flames in a downtown residence, an occurrence that is not unusual for Ashlanders.
Water has to be imported to wash the town's fire trucks, which would corrode otherwise, and trying to keep washing machines and boiler pipes from swiftly rusting out is a losing battle.
Nobody is certain why everything went bad. The prevailing theory is that newer, deeper wells, drilled 80 feet down and more, tapped into nasty minerals that seeped into the underground network.
Increased housing development in the hills beyond the town may have stirred things up, with more wells and re-directed storm runoff disturbing the liquid depths in ways unseen.
Whatever the case, the water is getting worse and the bigger question, at the moment, is whether the new system, using two fresh wells, will deliver the goods and be affordable.
“Is my water going to keep looking like Yoohoo?” resident Marge Muzio inquired. Officials couldn't promise anything, at this early stage, but engineers are extremely optimistic it won't. (click on link above for complete article)
Town board members, joined by a handful of citizens, gathered for the first of two public sessions that are required as part of an ongoing effort to secure outside funding for a new water system.
As it stands now, the community is set to receive $2.8 million in grant/loan money from the United States Department of Agriculture toward the project, which will benefit the hamlet district.
The dollars come almost as if in response to the long prayers of residents who have been plagued with horrendous water for the past thirty or forty years for reasons unknown.
There was a time when mountain springs and shallow, point-driven wells produced an abundant amount of clean and pure H-2-O, although those days are clearly gone.
Town councilman Martin Blanden noted that on one occasion he observed a glass of water in flames in a downtown residence, an occurrence that is not unusual for Ashlanders.
Water has to be imported to wash the town's fire trucks, which would corrode otherwise, and trying to keep washing machines and boiler pipes from swiftly rusting out is a losing battle.
Nobody is certain why everything went bad. The prevailing theory is that newer, deeper wells, drilled 80 feet down and more, tapped into nasty minerals that seeped into the underground network.
Increased housing development in the hills beyond the town may have stirred things up, with more wells and re-directed storm runoff disturbing the liquid depths in ways unseen.
Whatever the case, the water is getting worse and the bigger question, at the moment, is whether the new system, using two fresh wells, will deliver the goods and be affordable.
“Is my water going to keep looking like Yoohoo?” resident Marge Muzio inquired. Officials couldn't promise anything, at this early stage, but engineers are extremely optimistic it won't. (click on link above for complete article)
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