Board of Supervisors Proclaim Groundwater Awareness Week

At the March 2 Board of Supervisors Regular Meeting, the Board proclaimed that the week of March 8 through March 14 is hereby designated as Groundwater Awareness Week in Ferguson Township in conjunction with the celebration of National Groundwater Awareness Week.

Groundwater, and the subsurface water that fills cracks and solution openings in the bedrock, is a valuable natural resource, making up about ninety percent of the world's fresh water, excluding polar ice caps. Residents of Ferguson Township use more than one million gallons of groundwater each day and are almost entirely dependent on groundwater for their potable water supply. Public and private water wells tapping groundwater resources often can provide the highest quality water available to homeowners and businesses.

Groundwater comprises more than eighty-five percent of the water flowing in Slab Cabin Run and its tributaries each year, thereby providing an outstanding aquatic habitat. Groundwater is the most extracted natural resource in Ferguson Township.

The groundwater that is source water in Ferguson Township is protected by the Township's Source Water Protection Overlay District ordinance.

Learn more about Groundwater Awareness Week here.