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Lakeville Board of Health asks new owner of 1 Violet Street to abandon contaminated well
Summary
After a Title 5 inspection found elevated nitrates, the Board of Health voted to send a letter to the new owner of 1 Violet Street directing the private well be abandoned by a licensed well driller to remove a septic failure condition.
The Lakeville Board of Health voted Wednesday to send a letter to the new owner of 1 Violet Street notifying them that the property’s septic system remains in failure because of a contaminated private well and that the well must be abandoned by a licensed well driller to restore compliance.
The action follows remarks from former owner Jacqueline Flintstone, who told the board she paid roughly $10,000 for a Title 5 inspection and related work, and that a recent test showed nitrates at about 15 mg/L in the well. Flintstone said the well pump and associated equipment have been removed and that the house was connected to Town water…
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