Articles About water quality

• Water treatment plant repairs discolor water

  By YS News StaffMarch 5, 2013

  Village water treatment plant equipment repairs are discoloring water; the discoloration should improve as the week progresses.

• Council regards water sourcing

  By Diane ChiddisterFebruary 14, 2013

  

  At their Feb. 4 meeting, Village Council members and Village Manager Laura Cur­liss began a discussion on the best way to source Village water.

• A tale of two waters

  By Diane ChiddisterMay 17, 2012

  Soon, Council will choose between upgrading its aging water plant or purchasing water from Springfield. It seems timely, then, to compare various aspects of Yellow Springs and Springfield water.

• YS News Water Survey Results

  By Megan Bachman

  

  See the results from a recent Yellow Springs News online survey of 205 municipal water customers.

• Tackling hard water, hard choices

  By Diane ChiddisterMay 10, 2012

  Of all the critical decisions made by municipal governments, perhaps no decisions are more important than those concerning water.

• Water pollution we all create— Catching up with runaway runoff

  By Lauren HeatonApril 12, 2012

  There is a gully in the Glen at the northeast edge of the village, not far from the Glen Helen Building. When it rains, water comes rushing into the Glen, carrying with it the runoff from the village, its street oils, its lawn chemicals, and its trash.

• Toxic sites are under control

  By Lauren HeatonApril 5, 2012

  Over the past two decades, Vernay, along with Morris Bean & Company, YSI, Inc. and the Village Water Reclamation plant, have all been point sources of pollution to local ground and surface water. But through their efforts and work with the U.S. and Ohio Environmental Protection Agencies, all four point sources of area water pollution have made strides to control and mitigate the damage they caused to the local watershed.

• Real watershed moments for area

  By Megan BachmanMarch 22, 2012

  

  Where Yellow Springs begins and ends is defined by clear political boundaries. But the village also exists within an ecosystem that has boundaries of its own. An important one is its watershed, an area of land that drains into a common waterway.