The science.

Repost of David Hughes’ June 22, 2017 letter to Penn State President Eric Barron and the Board of Trustees.

6.22.17 Hughes to Barron and BoT

In it, Hughes summarized the scientific basis for the water coalition’s opposition to development on the fragile karst recharge area above the Harter and Thomas wellfields.

This version, lightly edited for clarity and formatted as a PDF, also includes a couple of update footnotes and a list of additional studies not cited by Hughes, but supporting the same position.