Well plugging information on DVD

From a Kansas State University release today:

MANHATTAN, Kan. -- A no-cost DVD on plugging water wells is available now from Kansas State University Research and Extension. Developed by members of the Kansas Environmental Leadership Program, the DVD helps explain why and how abandoned wells should be plugged, said KELP coordinator Judy Willingham.

Copies of the DVD are available from county and district K-State Research and Extension offices or from Kelly Dixon at 316-660-1840 (e- mail kdixon@sedgwick.gov).

A related publication, called Plugging Abandoned Wells (MF935), is also available through any county or district Extension office or on the Web at http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/library/h20ql2/mf935.pdf.

The KELP team also produced another source of information that´s now on the Web at http://www.kswaterwell.org. It covers well-testing information, such as whom to contact and how to sample, as well as general information about contaminants.

Members of the KELP class who had a role in the project included: Tonya Browleewe, Sedgwick County; Kelly Dixon, Sedgwick; Peggy Holloway, Reno; Andy Megrail, Sedgwick; and Sam Sanders, Reno, plus Oklahoman Shanon Phillips.

The Kansas Water Plan Fund provided part of the project funding. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency helps fund the KEP program.