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Resident urges action after tests he says show heavy metals in wells; proposes incentives for treatment systems
Summary
A retired agronomist presented water-test results he said showed heavy metals and other contaminants above drinking standards in local wells and urged the county to pursue testing, public education, and incentives for private well treatment systems.
Randy Zmack, who identified himself as a retired agronomist from Fullerton, told the board he has compiled testing data from the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy (NDE) and university extension that, he said, found heavy metals and in some cases radioactivity above drinking-water standards at sites from Grand Island to Columbus.
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