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Resident challenges county dewatering statements, cites permit data and private-well impacts
Summary
During public comment, Dan Caruso disputed prior remarks about aquifer safe yield and presented permit figures he says show authorized dewatering rates and depths (permits authorizing 450,000 gallons/hour per permit, depths 40–70 feet), raising concerns that construction-related dewatering could be linked to private well failures; the chair briefly replied with a counterpoint about three wells.
A resident used the public-comment period at the May 12 meeting to contest earlier statements about aquifer capacity and to present recent permit data that he said show substantial authorized dewatering activity connected to construction projects in the county.
Dan Caruso identified himself to the board as a local resident of New Carlisle and addressed comments made at a prior meeting. He said a previously quoted figure that the aquifer replenishes at "51,000,000 gallons per day" was not supported by…
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