Nockamixon Township voted 3-2 to adopt a new groundwater preservation ordinance. The new ordinance is focused on helping to assure adequate groundwater supplies for all local wells, as individual property owners propose any changes in their use of the common groundwater resource or sell their property to successors. Township officials have emphasized that the future viability of the use of wells for drinking water in the township is at stake, and that without adequate preservation of the common resource, the township might be forced to enter into a public water connection, which would require large assessments for each property owner to contribute. See the ordinance on the Nockamixon Township website.
Source: Bucks County Herald; 9/23/2023