Residents, water district representatives discuss funded well drilling and water-quality testing
Community members and RVAMAC members discussed funding for drilling 12 wells (to be sited on public land), the ability to test lower and upper aquifers from the same well, and efforts to find grants for home reverse-osmosis systems; council agreed to place related materials on the September agenda.
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At the Aug. 7 Round Valley Area Municipal Advisory Council meeting, community members raised water testing as a priority, noting funding exists for drilling 12 wells but the work must occur on public land. Meeting participants reported that the planned drilling will allow technicians to sample both lower and upper aquifers from the same borehole, which could streamline quality testing across the valley.
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