Residents and officials press for expanded groundwater testing after Enbridge leak
Public commenters and local officials urged expanded groundwater monitoring and additional monitoring wells after an Enbridge pipeline leak; a county and the Lake District said they will seek tests and coordinate with DNR and Enbridge on a work plan.
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Public commenter Jon Tilp told the Lake Ripley Management District board he left a Jan. 8 public meeting on the Enbridge pipeline incident "deeply concerned," citing a DNR spokesperson’s reported remark that regulators were "not concerned, because we are dealing with a responsible party." Tilp said that remark, combined with the potential difficulty of tracing contamination, means the Town and District should press for more testing beyond Enbridge property lines and work together on independent monitoring.
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