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Girl Scouts seek Hudson connection to SR‑303 water main as on‑camp well falters; consultants cite $1M estimate
Summary
Girl Scouts of Northeast Ohio asked council to consider allowing a service connection from State Route 303 to their camp near Peninsula after prolonged well declines. Consultants recommended an 8‑inch service for fire protection and estimated initial work and fundraising needs at about $1 million, with six months of further due diligence before design.
Representatives for Girl Scouts of Northeast Ohio and their consultants outlined a proposal on Sept. 9 to connect the organization's camp (near the Hudson‑Peninsula area off SR‑303) to Hudson's water main to address an aging and increasingly unreliable well.
Bob McNutt, the project's consultant, said the camp's 80‑year‑old well has declined in capacity and that during drought conditions last summer the camp's output dropped significantly. He said the Girl Scouts have explored wells and alternate supplies and have engaged multiple consultants in recent years. "Late last summer ... the EPA even gave me a call and was chatting with me and said, 'Hey, we…
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