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Residents urge city help on aging wells, water lines as drought concerns persist
Summary
Public commenters raised concerns about air in private wells and urged the council to prioritize extending piped water to older neighborhoods; staff described petition thresholds and limits on city-initiated water assessments.
During the Jan. 28 public forum at the Andover City Council meeting, residents urged the council to prioritize extending municipal water lines to older neighborhoods after a recent drought and reports of declining private well performance.
Lynn Gregg, who said she lives on Douglas in the Bicentennial Addition, told the council that last summer’s drought led to air surfacing in her well and a perceived decline in water quality: "I started to get a lot of air in my well coming up out of my well, which indicates to…
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