“I think everyone concerned realized how big a problem this is.” Government doesn’t move this fast,” she said. We have a conscientious prosecutor and (county Auditor Chuck Walder) who were phenomenal in moving this along. Trustee Joyce Peters recognized Litke and Derifield for their persistence. Litke said the first deep well will be drilled at the Derifield property. “We hope (the contamination) is contained,” he said. The samples of water from three wells going down to the lower aquifer all came up clean, leading him to believe the salt has not penetrated that deep. “It took a lot of phone calls to a lot of people,” he said.ĭerifield said he had the wells of a number of his neighbors tested in the process. Mike Derifield, who owns two lots and a home on High Street less than a quarter mile from the ODOT salt shed, thanked township Trustee Henry Duchscherer, Litke, DeWine and others, as well as the OEPA at the meeting. “There would be months of planning for that.” “We’d have to discuss it, if that happens,” he said. “That’s not a short process,” he said, adding no one has talked about who would have to pay for that project. One possibility would be to pipe water to Parkman from Middlefield or Burton. If the second aquifer is contaminated, another source of water would be needed, Litke said.
Depending on those results, the county could apply for additional funds. “We will be arcing out, testing other wells,” he said. There are plans to check elsewhere in the area for salt contamination, he said. “We think we can get it done in a reasonable amount of time,” Litke said. If the quality is good, other wells will be drilled, he said. The plan is to start with one well and, when the deeper aquifer is reached, test it for water quality. The next aquifer is more than 300 feet down and the new wells will access water there, Litke said. The contaminated wells draw from an aquifer about 100 feet below the surface. He credited Geauga County Prosecutor Jim Flaiz with waiving a requirement for bids for the project and for cutting through red tape that could have delayed the solution. “We hope within a week, they will be drilling wells,” Litke said. The wells are believed to have been contaminated by salt runoff from a nearby Ohio Department of Transportation facility. Mike DeWine’s office to address the salt contamination of some wells in the township. 20 a $300,000 grant is coming from the state agency, which is working with Gov. Geauga Public Health Administrator Adam Litke told Parkman Township Trustees Sept. Parkman Township residents with contaminated wells on Tavern Road will get new, deeper wells soon thanks to an Ohio Environmental Protection Agency grant.
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