Phillips village discusses options on water uranium levels

The Phillips Board of Trustees held an in-depth  conversation with head of maintenance Scott Hooley March 7 regarding one of three options to solve the village’s uranium level in well water, primarily to receive funding from the EPA to link Phillips and Giltner to Grand Island for water treatment. 
The village of Phillips, which has neared the EPA guidelines for maximum natural uranium levels of 30 micrograms per liter, is exploring different options with the approval of state officials that include linking up water for treatment, drilling a new well or building a treatment plant. Hooley outlined the offer by the federal government.
“It’s basically federal dollars,” he explained. “It could be a possibility of us getting 80  to 100 percent full funding to do this and possibly 80 to 100 percent forgiveness on this, but the stipulation is that they are wanting us to connect with another entity that has the capability in place for treating water.”

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