Could be anomaly; analysis underway
By Daniel Brannigan and Lindsay Marshall
The Community News

A private water well recently drilled to the Trinity Aquifer along Jenkins Road in Annetta North was found to have a high concentration of sodium, a potentially troubling development to homeowners, farmers and businesses in the area.
However, it could just be an anomaly.
“It could be a local anomaly or it could be a serious problem,” Annetta North Mayor Ken Hall, a geologist and a water chemist in college, said in May. “It’s a situation we’re looking into.”
Hall, who has been working on an analysis and gathering information about the well, informed the Annetta North City Council about the issue during their meeting last Tuesday, June 12.
The council urged residents in the area to get their water tested by taking a sample to the Tarrant Regional Water District laboratory. Water is currently being tested from wells in that area but results were still pending.
Hall said he is speaking with representatives from the Texas Railroad Commission and Texas Commission on Environmental Quality about possible causes and solutions to the high levels of sodium found in the well.
Larry Peck of Peck’s Water Well Service, which drilled the well, said in May it was the only well in the area to come out with high sodium content.
Both Peck and Hall were hesitant to release much information on the well in May because an analysis was still underway and they did not want to alarm residents.
For more on this story, see the June 15 issue of The Community News.