Resident urges board to halt Ormat project over aquifer risks
Charlotte Williams of Fort Bidwell told the Modoc County Board of Supervisors the proposed Ormat project could threaten local wells and urged the board to pause or oppose the project until hydrological impacts are known.
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Charlotte Williams, a resident of Fort Bidwell, used the public‑comment period to press the Modoc County Board of Supervisors to reconsider a proposed Ormat project that would tap a local aquifer. "It is essentially unknown whether tapping the aquifer will affect any of the local wells," Williams said, and she asked the board to "please consider not gambling with our wells in Surprise Valley."
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