| Provide community access to water quality findings. |
Partner with the conservation district to use their website to create a clearing house for all available data on water quality and a space for frequently asked questions |
Mandy Zorn, Kate Lolley |
| Establish a system of water monitoring and control. |
There is already water testing taking place for city water in Sidney, Savage, Crane and Fairview. MDU is also already doing water testing of the river under EPA regulations. Determine the kind of water testing being conducted. E.g. temperature testing. |
Kate Lolley |
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Investigate if oil companies have to test their environmental impact. |
Kate Lolley |
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Partner with the Conservation District (Julie Goss) to investigate where the boundaries and depth of the aquifer using the existing holes that are drilled. |
Mandy Zorn, Tony Barone at the Conservation District |
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Decide what to test for on the aquifer- temperature, contaminants, and salinity. |
Water testing company |
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Start collecting data to monitor how the aquifer has changed from the oil drilling. |
Conservation District/ T.B.D |
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Find funding for water testing with possible EPA grants-partner with the conservation district. |
Greg Anderson, City Water Commissioner, Conservation District, Mike Carlson and Eastern Plains. |
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Establish a flow chart of which agencies are responsible for which regulatory actions and who has what information. |
Kelly Logan |
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Approach Board of Health to help create this system of monitoring and control. |
Ray Trumpower |