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Wed. 8 pm: Judge OKs plan for injection well restart

WEATHERSFIELD – American Water Management Services is preparing to resume operations at its injection well along state Route 169 following a judge’s approval of a plan that places conditions on the site.

Steve Kilper with Avalon Holdings, the company that owns AWMS, said Wednesday the company was waiting for word on whether the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, which idled the well more than two years ago, will appeal or file a stay to Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Kimberly Cocroft’s Tuesday decision that allows the site to reopen.

Kilper said the site has been maintained, but preparing it to resume operations “will take some time.”

“I believe the judge made a good ruling. She made a very well informed decision, now it’s a matter of moving to the next step,” Kilper said.

Read more in Thursday’s Tribune Chronicle.

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