Article: Ligonier Township residents seek DEP aid on water concerns

After recently replacing the liner in her swimming pool, Ligonier Township resident Terri A. Hughes wants more answers from the state Department of Environmental Protection.

Hughes, 52, of Youngstown Ridge Road approached the township supervisors in June to help her and several of her neighbors seek attention from the state agency regarding what she believes are issues on their properties created by mining conducted by Amerikohl Mining Inc. on nearby land.

She attended Tuesday's supervisors meeting to amplify her concerns.

The groundwater feeding the well on her property has been indirectly contaminated by the mining, Hughes said. Last month when she used water from her well to top off her ...

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