The move comes as the Indiana Economic Development Corp. faces questions about its plan to tap the Wabash River aquifer and withdraw as much as 100 million gallons per day for an advanced manufacturing district in central Indiana.
The group, “Stop the Water Steal,” plans to lead a letter-writing campaign to local and state officials, urging them to stop the pipeline, slow its progress or minimize its impact on community water resources.
The move comes five months after the utility company agreed to supply up to 10 million gallons of water to the advanced manufacturing district by 2027.
Other GOP contenders share similar concerns, while some defend the controversial project as a wise economic move.
West Lafayette City Council members expressed a desire for more research from third parties and greater transparency from Indiana Economic Development Corp. officials, who they said have not approached them about the proposed pipeline.
Two state lawmakers are drafting legislation that would create a permitting process and require a deeper public review of any effort in the state to pump 10 million gallons or more per day from a community’s aquifer. Meanwhile, the West Lafayette City Council is poised to consider a resolution Monday night opposing the IEDC’s plans.
The IEDC has acquired thousands of acres of land in Boone County for the LEAP District, a planned advanced manufacturing and high-tech district in the Lebanon area.
Without more water, Cicero could be left out as development accelerates north along the U.S. 31 corridor.
The Indiana Builders Association said the Supreme Court ruling provides builders and developers “more certainty in the federal permitting process,” and called the decision “a win for common-sense regulations and housing affordability.”
The move by Citizens Energy Group comes amid ongoing recruitment efforts by the Indiana Economic Development Corp. to lure companies in high-tech industries to Boone County.
A group of elected officials, business leaders and community members in the Lafayette area are drafting a letter to the Indiana Economic Development Corp. seeking details about the state’s plans to draw water from the Wabash River aquifer.
Intera Inc., an Austin, Texas-based water resources planning company, is leading the study into future water availability in the county.
To meet the water demands of an innovation district planned for just north of Lebanon, state officials are exploring the idea of tapping into the Wabash aquifer in Tippecanoe County.
Long-delayed cleanup of Great Lakes harbors and tributary rivers fouled with industrial toxins will accelerate dramatically with the $1 billion boost, senior administration officials say.
Indy’s City-County Council approved $50 million in new bonds this month to tackle a backlog of drainage projects across the city.
While most of the bipartisan coalition seeking to push a $1 trillion infrastructure package through the U.S. Senate appears to be holding together, Republican Sen. Todd Young of Indiana withdrew his support Sunday for the pending legislation.
The new program, Cummins Water Works, will focus on improving access to safe water in the U.S., Mexico, Brazil, India and South Africa.
While many cities are selling their wastewater systems to utility companies, the city of Fishers is bucking the trend.
For nearly a decade, voices across Indiana have raised warning flags about the need to repair the state’s aging water-utility systems and make plans to meet the growing water demand.
Authorities ordered 7 million people—a quarter of the population of the nation’s second-largest state—to boil tap water before drinking it, following record low temperatures that damaged infrastructure and pipes.
