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Harpers Ferry council authorizes letter to Jefferson County opposing unreviewed groundwater extraction for bottling
Summary
After public comment from residents concerned about groundwater impacts, Harpers Ferry Town Council authorized a letter to the Jefferson County Planning Commission urging caution and requesting the county use its amendment process before permitting groundwater-extraction bottling operations.
Harpers Ferry Town Council on Jan. 13 voted to authorize the mayor to sign and submit a draft letter to the Jefferson County Planning Commission urging caution on groundwater-extraction permits for proposed water-bottling operations and asking the county to pursue a public article-12 text amendment process before permitting new extraction-based uses.
The move followed public comment from residents who said a proposed Middleway bottling plant could draw on the same groundwater system that supplies Harpers Ferry. "I am very concerned about our groundwater," Middleway resident Natalie Grantham told the…
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