Committee raises groundwater protection concerns, recommends renewed surface-water sampling
Members pressed for clearer groundwater protection and surface-water monitoring; the committee agreed to review past sampling data and consider repeating a monitoring series to detect changes and guide mitigation.
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Ray and other members urged the water subcommittee to develop clearer groundwater-protection efforts and to review historical surface‑water sampling. Ray asked whether the town has aquifer protections and who monitors local brooks and ponds; committee members replied that the state maintains sampling programs and the town participates through MS4 stormwater requirements. "Groundwater protection is extremely important," Ray said, urging the committee to learn more about what the town and neighboring communities are doing.
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