Water issues come to the forefront at town meeting

Water was a major topic at the regularly scheduled Whitehall Town Council meeting Monday night.

According to the Town Council, the DEQ recently sent a letter regarding the plans for the town’s uranium issue. Council members voted to extend the response to the letter, which is initially due on July 16, 2016. Town Attorney Ed Guza will be negotiating the extension for the town’s response this week.

Council members agreed that they want to gather more information to fix the problem, rather than just treat the problem with a water treatment plant.

Currently only two of the town’s well...