A local Kansas farming community is bringing their worries to local county commissioners after a Kansas Department of Health and Environment investigation confirmed their concerns were real. “We’ve had challenges or concerns all along with the water quality issues being allowed to go downstream on Cole Creek or Indian Creek,” Rodney Biesenthal said, a Wheaton farmer. These concerns started 10 months ago when water runoff from a local rock quarry raised concerns for farmers in the area. A rock quarry is a place where rocks, sand, and other minerals are extracted – a type of open-pit mine. After testing through the K-State Diagnostic Lab, the total suspended solids, or TSS, were above 3,700 parts per million. To put it in perspective, the max allowed is around 45.
Source: KSNT 27 News
