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What about the 13,000 domestic (family) wells in the Prescott AMA? Although municipal wells pump three-quarters of our vanishing groundwater, domestic wells that are “exempt” from reporting have been wrongly blamed as unmanaged and responsible for the overdraft.
This will be a hybrid meeting: in person and on Zoom.
To attend in-person: Join us at the Granite Peak Unitarian Congregation building at 882 Sunset, Prescott (2 blocks west of True Value). We'll have coffee and snacks for informal conversations before the program.
To attend via Zoom: please register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIqdO2gpjgrGt3sicx1s8py0LGqqhAxRDf9
After registering on Zoom, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
In this presentation, CWAG Executive Committee member Gary Beverly, a well owner himself, will discuss water quality, testing, maintenance and more. He will describe the impacts to the aquifer from domestic “exempt” wells, reveal CWAG studies of how municipal pumping has degraded hundreds of family wells, and offer solutions to reduce water use and ensure acceptable water quality.
Many domestic wells on the margins of the AMA are now failing, causing devastating impacts on families ranging from an expensive new well to loss of a large portion of the value of their home. CWAG believes that small domestic wells are now suffering the consequences of decades of overdraft.