Articles About water treatment

• Spills threaten Springfield aquifer

  By Megan BachmanApril 25, 2013

  About three-and-a-half miles northwest of Springfield’s municipal well field is a landfill where 51,500 barrels of industrial waste were buried in the 1970s. Laid end-to-end, the barrels would stretch for 28 miles.

• Village water, from the ground up

  By Diane ChiddisterMarch 15, 2012

  

  You could say the Yellow Springs water system began about 425 million years ago, when a large inland sea covered the area.

• Wastewater upgrades showcased

  By Megan BachmanMarch 9, 2012

  More than 100 area wastewater and water treatment plant operators from Southwest Ohio visited the Village water facilities on Thursday.

• Forum explores fluoride use

  By Megan BachmanNovember 11, 2010

  Whether the Village of Yellow Springs should continue to fluoridate its drinking water and at what level will be debated at a forum organized by Village Council from 2 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 13, at the John Bryan Center gym.

• The keeper of the water’s source

  By Lauren HeatonOctober 14, 2010

  

  Like the air we breathe, the water we drink is of vital importance to our health, yet its origins beyond the tap are somewhat mysterious. Down at the southern end of the village nestled among the foliage on Jacoby Road…

• Solutions to brown water sought

  By Diane ChiddisterJuly 1, 2010

  The periodic brown water in Yellow Springs homes is caused by manganese and is not harmful, according to Village Water and Wastewater Superintendent Joe Bates at Village Council’s June 21 meeting.

• Land trust seeks greenbelt funds for Fogg land

  By Diane ChiddisterFebruary 11, 2010

  At their Feb. 1 meeting, Village Council members were asked to use a large portion of the Village greenbelt fund to preserve a strategic piece of local farmland.