DEP: We Had Nothing To Do With Colonial Park Wells Shutdown, Decision Made By County Health Department

November 19, 2014 County Freeholders

Colonial Park well3 — One of the wells in Colonial Park that is scheduled to be shut down on Dec. 1.

The planned closing of two wells in Colonial Park was not mandated by state environmental regulations, as asserted by a Somerset County official, a state spokesman said Nov. 19.

To the contrary, the decision to close the popular wells was an economic one made by the Somerset County Department of Health, according to state Department of Environmental Protection spokesman Bob Considine.

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DEP: We Had Nothing To Do With Colonial Park Wells Shutdown, Decision Made By County Health Department

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