Marion County Wellfield Education Corporation

Groundwater and Drinking Water Protection for Indianapolis and Marion County Indiana

News, Events, and Updates from MCWEC

Groundwater Foundation Conference Presentation

MCWEC presented at the Groundwater Foundations 2017 Conference in beautiful Boise, Idaho! We discussed the multiple ways groundwater is protected in Marion County for the good of all water users. Christopher Barnett from the Lawrence Community Development Corporation and Pam Thevenow from the Marion County Public Health Department represented the MCWEC Board while John Mundell […]

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Do you need help getting ready for compliance with the Wellfield Health Code?

If your business is located in a Marion County Wellfield and you handle chemicals, you may have been visited by a representative of the Marion County Public Health Department passing out some information about the new Wellfield Health Code and collecting contact information for your business. The purpose of these visits is to give you […]

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Emerging Groundwater Contaminants

One of the most interesting groundwater problems to hydrologists, geologists, and environmental scientists is discovering and managing potential threats to groundwater. As we’ve discussed before, contamination of our groundwater threatens our drinking water. MCWEC was founded to help prevention contamination to Marion County’s groundwater. While we know of lots of current contamination threats to our […]

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Who’s in Our Wellfields? Indiana State Fairgrounds

As part of our “Who’s in Our Wellfields?” series, we would like to show you another one of Indianapolis’ cool places that happen to be located within a wellfield! One of the most well-known residents of Marion County’s Fall Creek wellfield is the Indiana State Fairgrounds! The State Fairgrounds are located in the southern portion […]

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