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Waunakee residents press board over local groundwater concerns as board selects Stantec for EPA-funded brownfield cleanup
Summary
Residents raised long-standing worries about contamination near a shuttered well and asked for testing and remediation updates; the board approved Stantec to coordinate an $836,000 EPA brownfield cleanup and committed to public outreach and follow-up.
Several Waunakee residents urged the village board for clearer answers about a suspected contamination near a shut well and called for faster testing and remediation while the board moved forward with an EPA-funded cleanup of a nearby brownfield site.
At the start of the meeting, resident Anne Held, identified on the public-comment sign-in by staff, described learning of contamination reports in local news coverage and said the well had been closed. "We drink all this water," she said, describing alarm at reports that the village's water "has PC in it" and asking what the village and property owner planned to do. Her son, listed on the sign-in as Dennis Health, raised…
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