Articles About liquid assets

• 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.

• Villagers weigh in on their water

  By Megan BachmanMay 24, 2012

  Ask villagers about their experience with Yellow Springs water and the stories will flow.

• 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.

• Small towns, bigger water bills

  By Diane ChiddisterMay 3, 2012

  The price we pay for the water that flows from our taps is determined by a variety of factors, including a bit of guesswork

• 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.

• 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.