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News, Events, and Updates from MCWEC

White River Water Treatment Plant

July 17, 2017

Recently, we had a chance to check out Citizens Energy Group’s White River Water Treatment Plant! Not many people get a chance to check out the behind the scenes action at this plant – so we’d love to share a little of what we learned. This plant uses both surface water (from a canal from […]

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Who’s in Our Wellfields? Ft. Harrison State Park

July 10, 2017

Did you know that one of Indiana’s best state parks is located within a wellfield? Ft. Harrison State Park in Lawrence is located within the Lawrence Wellfield! All of the drinking water for the city of Lawrence (an excluded city of Indianapolis) comes from groundwater, which includes groundwater pulled from underneath the state park! If […]

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Throwback Thursday – MCWEC’s 2001 Billboard

June 15, 2017

Check out the photo of MCWEC’s billboard to raise awareness of the wellfields from 2001. The same message of the importance of groundwater holds true today, 16 years later! MCWEC itself has spent over 20 years protecting Indianapolis’ drinking water. Learn more about our history and mission.

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2016 Marion County Water Supply Consumer Confidence Reports

June 12, 2017

The EPA requires that public water utilities publish a special report every year called a “Consumer Confidence Report”. The purpose of the report is to protect public health by requiring water utilities to publish information about any potential health risks from the quality, treatment, and management of their drinking water supply so that consumers can […]

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Why We Can’t Pour Chemicals Down Drains

May 23, 2017

You may have noticed, as part of the new wellfield health code ordinance and as one of the best practices MCWEC encourages, we recommend businesses place signs near sinks and drains saying the site is in a wellfield and chemicals may not be disposed of down a drain. You may wonder why this is important […]

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2017 Groundwater Foundation National Conference

May 12, 2017

MCWEC will be presenting at the 2017 Groundwater Foundation National Conference in Boise, Idaho from October 24-26. The theme of the conference is Leading the Way: People, Policies, and Practices to Protect & Conserve Groundwater. We are excited to share our experiences with wellfield protection with people from other cities and states! Marion County has […]

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