Wickford Junction Apartments includes (3) 4 story buildings (similar to Reynolds Farm) housing 152 units. I have submitted a letter to the Planning Commission, Groundwater Chair, and DEM with my concerns of nitrate discharge. There are discussions about increasing density on the site by modifying the methods used to calculate nitrates.

This treatment plant is just over 50’ from the Groundwater reservoir (which there are discussions about removing from protection map) and approximately 225’ from the un-adopted wellhead protection area for well 6, leaving only a few feet of soils to filter out the effluent and nitrates from this concentrated site.

I criticized the Planning Commission which
has not taken up changing the groundwater
ordinances submitted well over a year ago
and include new wellhead protection
delineations. Also, the Town’s lack of
transparency, as you can no longer find GW
designations for properties online despite
having restrictions in our GW ordinance.

We currently have 2 wellheads (out of 10)
that the town wants or needs to relocate
that indicates just how fragile our ground-
water system is. I have asked that they:

• Require a sewer line away from the reservoir to a property outside the recharge area, or at the very least insist on locating at the farthest portion of the WJ property from the groundwater.

• Maintain the same 5mg/L the rest of the town in GW 2 zones abide by with no TDR’s nor based on unique or different calculation methods from everyone else. One rule for all!

• Have a mandated agreement in place where the town receives quarterly reporting of lab data so they know what’s actually being discharged long after the development is approved. (Kevin Maloney/NKTC/2012-2016&2018)