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 […]
IDEM accepting new members for Environmental Stewardship Program
The Indiana Department of Environmental Management will be accepting new members into its Environmental Stewardship Program from September 1 to October 21, 2017.
Free Environmental Help from IDEM’s Compliance and Technical Assistance Program!
The Indiana Department of Environmental Management’s Compliance and Technical Assistance Program offers free and confidential regulatory assistance on many environmental topics such as groundwater protection.
Who’s in Our Wellfields? Trader’s Point Creamery
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! Trader’s Point Creamery is located in the Ford Wellfield within Zionsville. The Ford Wellfield is one of Indianapolis’ two wellfields that stretch into other counties. Trader’s […]
White River Water Treatment Plant
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 […]
