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Wellington says Well 8 offline for bacteriological remediation; work could restore service in six to eight weeks
Summary
Village staff reported Well 8 has been out of service since February after bacteriological test failures; staff is conducting aggressive cleaning, wellhead rebuild, and expects testing to indicate whether the well can be returned to service in roughly six to eight weeks.
Village staff told council that Well 8 has been offline since February after routine bacteriological monitoring returned positive results and that initial in-house and contractor disinfection attempts did not fully resolve the problem.
"We did a couple initial rounds of disinfection ... these initial efforts did not resolve the issue immediately," a staff presenter said, describing further work recommended by the village hydrogeologist. The remediation plan includes multiple chemical and…
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