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Wakefield funds municipal well inspection required by EGLE

By PAMELA JANSSON

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WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield City Council approved the allotment of $190,000 to fund an inspection of municipal wells installed in the Chicago mine drift.

The action at the council’s Nov. 25 meeting was reported in a Nov. 26 email from city manager Robert Brown Jr.

Brown said the topic had been added to the agenda after the city received its sanitary survey that day.

He described the survey as “an annual review of the city’s drinking water infrastructure.”

Moreover, added Brown regarding Michigan’s Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy, “E...

 
 
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