The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

Dear Editor,

This is in regards to Perry Dozier’s request for a water bottling permit from his well. I am going to speak plainly on this, and I hope that people will think about it seriously...this is nothing but greed. It has a great potential for affecting

Surrounding property wells and may even affect Prescott water supplies..This is water for sale, and it is not being put to farming use. The other thing that people need to think about is that it would open the opportunity for many more to apply this and

What happens to our aquifer and ground water is vital to our farming and household needs! Please be very careful in your thoughts on this for our future in this area. We must protect our water resource!

Joanne Hesser-James, Dixie