"An 'inconvenient truth'"

PhillyBurbs.com: "An 'inconvenient truth,'" by Amanda Cregan, Intelligencer, August 3, 2009:

Spring and summer rains are simply a Band-Aid on a growing water crisis in Upper Bucks.

"We're not out of the woods by any means," said Stephen Donovan, research scientist for the Bridgeton-Nockamixon-Tinicum Groundwater Committee.

A new report outlines increased stress on ground water around Palisades High School and the surrounding region.

If levels continue to decline, it eventually could spell disaster for the school district and area homeowners, all of whom rely on private wells to pull water from the underlying rock where it is collected.