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Your Health: Could The Oil Spill Impact North Escambia’s Drinking Water?
May 5, 2010
Even if the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico were to make landfall in Escambia’s beaches and invade the county’s bayous and bays, the drinking water supply will remain safe.
According to the Emerald Coast Utilities Authority, Escambia’s drinking water — including that in the North Escambia area – is naturally protected from contamination related to surface waters in the Gulf of Mexico and local bays and bayous.
“The ECUA has 32 wells distributed throughout Escambia County that draw water from the Sand-and-Gravel Aquifer, at depths ranging from 160 to 450 feet. Furthermore, the water source is totally groundwater and has no connection with the Gulf of Mexico, local bays, or river waters,” according to Steve Sorrell, ECUA executive director.
ECUA and the smaller water systems in the county — including Century, Molino, Walnut Hill, Century, Bratt-Davisville, Farm Hill, Cottage Hill, Gonzalez, and Central — all pull from the same aquifer.
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One Response to “Your Health: Could The Oil Spill Impact North Escambia’s Drinking Water?”
it would have been even more fun if after that long title, the entire body of the article were: NO
not that the reasons for NO weren’t good to include