BAD REASONS NOT TO DO GOOD THINGS!

At the public meeting last Wednesday most people were for protecting our water supply and doing an Aquifer Protection District. A very few made the absurd objection that because we could not control what happens on Rt 81 and the Rt 81 rest area we should not try to do anything to protect the rest of the town. This is like saying that because you cannot protect your kids when they are at school you should not do anything to protect them at all! But it is more absurd than that. The argument itself is wrong. IF there was a spill on Rt 81 or in the rest stop it would be known immediately and HSMAT teams would be called in and the spill would be cleaned up in hours. There will never be a spill on Rt 81 or the rest area that will be there long enough to harm the aquifer. The rest of the aquifer is in far more danger because pollution left unchecked can and HAS infiltrated the aquifer. That happened just last year when nitrates from ag polluted the aquifer and poisoned dozens of wells in Preble.

There is no question we need an APD, the only question is what are the motives some people have for not doing it?