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• Village Council— Clean Ohio grant discussed

  By Audrey HackettSeptember 17, 2015

  

  A vote on a proposed Clean Ohio grant application for the Glass Farm wetland was expected at Village Council’s Sept. 8 meeting, but members agreed to take action in response to environmental concerns first.

• Particulate pollution levels monitored— Cause of spike is unknown

  By Megan BachmanFebruary 20, 2014

  

  A regional air pollution agency is investigating an unprecedented and potentially dangerous spike in air pollution in Yellow Springs in December when an exceedingly high concentration of lung-penetrating particles was recorded.

• EPA cites Morris Bean for discharge

  By Megan BachmanOctober 2, 2013

  Morris Bean & Company will soon bid out a project to fill in a sinkhole at its Hyde Road plant after the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency cited the company for releasing industrial wastewater into the sinkhole and potentially contaminating groundwater.

• Well-capping raises concern over Vernay plume clean-up

  By Megan BachmanFebruary 21, 2013

  A proposed well-capping ordinance backed by Vernay Laboratories and the Greene County Combined Health District to prevent contamination from groundwater polluted by Vernay has raised concerns among some neighbors, who view the effort as an attempt by Vernay to circumvent long-term cleanup effort.

• Drought affects crops, lawns

  By Megan BachmanAugust 2, 2012

  

  The hot and dry weather this summer has no doubt stressed local homeowners whose lawns have turned brown from lack of rain. But even more stressed are area crops.

• Plan dropped; wellhead likely safe

  By Lauren HeatonMay 31, 2012

  Sometime in 1988, a host of volatile organic chemicals were found deep in the aquifer that feeds the Village’s municipal drinking water wells. Around the same time, the federal government mandated safeguarding the quality of the groundwater.

• 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.

• Oil and water— Drilling stirs new concerns

  By Megan BachmanApril 19, 2012

  

  In the late 1800s northwestern Ohio was at the center of an oil boom, and Ohio became the world’s largest oil producer. Soon drilling moved to eastern and central Ohio, which is today at the center of another fossil fuel boom

• 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.