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Tale of Two Quarries

Published Sunday, February 01, 2004

Residents of a small Midwest town thought they heard blasting from the local quarry. Over the next several days their wells began to fill up with muddy limestone. “I'm sick of it,” said one resident of 15 years. “The dust and the trucks and the noise of the blasts are one thing, but now we have no water for drinking, bathing or even our animals.” She claimed mud was spewing from her faucets and even her toilet was unusable. She called a meeting with her neighbors to determine a course of action. The local quarry said there had ...

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