Topeka Town News
The Town of Topeka is updating
their ten year WHPA, and this is a brief
history of it:
Notice to property owners, lease
holders and owners of mineral rights
located within the Town of Topeka’s
Wellhead Protection Areas (WHPAs).
In March of 1997, the State of Indiana passed a law to protect groundwater that is used by public water
suppliers. The law is referred to as the
Wellhead Protection Plan. The basic
principle is to protect the water before
it flows into the wells that are used by
public and private water users.
Topeka water department has
obtained approval from the Indiana
Department of Environmental Management to use a radius of 0.40 square
miles around their wells as our area of
protection (Wellhead protection Area).
The Town of Topeka utilizes three
wells in one well field to obtain their
drinking water. Therefore, they have
a WHPA. The area contained in the
WHPA is almost all within the Towns
corporate limits.
If you own or lease property in one
of Topeka’s WHPA we are asking for
your cooperation in keeping this area
free of contamination. If you know of
any sources of contamination, please
call the Water Superintendent, Tom
Sheline at 260-593-3407.
by Ron Eash
Remember to practice good environmental methods such as proper disposal of all chemicals, oil, antifreeze,
animal waste, household cleaners,
paint, etc. Keep your septic systems in
good working condition. Properly plug
abandoned old wells. Properly dispose
of