The first test results of tap water in homes on wells near a golf course sculpted from fly ash are in and they “look pretty good,” a city spokeswoman said Thursday afternoon.
The findings were mailed to about 50 homes on Thursday afternoon and residents should be receiving them in the next day or so, said Lizz Gunnufsen, with the city’s Public Communications Department.
Tests showed some elevated readings for boron, which seemed to be found at a higher rate toward the eastern end of the golf course, in the vicinity of Whittamore Road and east end of Murray Drive, Gunnufsen said. The results also found elevated lead levels in several homes, though they were believed to be related to the pipework in those properties, she added.
“Everything else seemed to be fine,” Gunnufsen said.
For more of this story, see Friday's edition of The Virginian-Pilot.
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There is no health hazard at the golf course, there has never been a health hazard, and there will never be one. The article has created hysteria without any facts. The design of the course and conditioning of the ash 100% eliminate any leachate or contamination. The harm that the reporter has done should concern every fair-minded person.
Sure Now...
Groundwater moves a small fraction of an inch per year, faster when it's being drawn to say...someones well pump. Its time City leaders start caring about the tax paying residents instead of developers who rob us of our infrastructure. I'm voting for Waters, Arrington, and Krasnof!