Post by Logan on Mar 19, 2016 23:19:25 GMT -6
Apologies for the alphabet soup in the subject line.
Ohio EPA aware of iron and manganese problems in Barberton’s backup water supply
A Summit County landfill for construction debris is polluting Barberton’s drinking-water wells.
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has been aware of the problem with iron and manganese in Barberton’s backup water supply for years, but it took no action until March 4.
The state agency ordered the owner of the Summit & McCoy C&D Landfill off McCoy Road in Norton to determine the extent of the pollution at Barberton’s well field in Norton and to correct the problem.
In 2011 and again in 2013, EPA staffers recommended that the agency order the landfill owner to investigate the pollution problem. The pollution was cited in a 2014 state report and in another last July. The site was deemed one of the state’s top priorities, but the plan to force the owner to evaluate the problem did not win approval from Ohio EPA higher-ups until recently, according to records reviewed by the Beacon Journal.
Read more: www.ohio.com/news/local/ohio-epa-aware-of-iron-and-manganese-problems-in-barberton-s-backup-water-supply-1.670408
Ohio EPA aware of iron and manganese problems in Barberton’s backup water supply
A Summit County landfill for construction debris is polluting Barberton’s drinking-water wells.
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has been aware of the problem with iron and manganese in Barberton’s backup water supply for years, but it took no action until March 4.
The state agency ordered the owner of the Summit & McCoy C&D Landfill off McCoy Road in Norton to determine the extent of the pollution at Barberton’s well field in Norton and to correct the problem.
In 2011 and again in 2013, EPA staffers recommended that the agency order the landfill owner to investigate the pollution problem. The pollution was cited in a 2014 state report and in another last July. The site was deemed one of the state’s top priorities, but the plan to force the owner to evaluate the problem did not win approval from Ohio EPA higher-ups until recently, according to records reviewed by the Beacon Journal.
Read more: www.ohio.com/news/local/ohio-epa-aware-of-iron-and-manganese-problems-in-barberton-s-backup-water-supply-1.670408