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Greenfield GSA flags coordination and contamination concerns after well drilled near Thorne Road
Summary
The Greenfield City Groundwater Sustainability Agency heard from its general manager that a private or neighboring GSA drilling near Thorne Road was sited without adequate coordination, may lie over clay and an old landfill, and that the other agency committed to send well logs for review; staff will analyze logs and report back within about a month.
The Greenfield City Groundwater Sustainability Agency on Monday received a status report about a recently drilled well near Thorne Road that agency staff say was sited without adequate coordination and may not provide the groundwater data the agency needs.
Curtis, the agency’s general manager, told the board that the drill rig was set up at the road shoulder ‘‘right at the entrance to the old dump’’ and that the location is ‘‘hundreds of feet’’ above the river channel, raising questions about whether the boreholes will penetrate river alluvium or instead encounter clay. He said the site may be ‘‘very close to, if not right on top of, the old landfill’’ and that…
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