The Haxtun-Fleming Herald - What can we reason but from what we know? -Alexander Pope

The Phillips County Commissioners have reached an agreement with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment regarding groundwater monitoring for the next several years. The agreement’s announcement as well as terms were announced during the Commissioners month end meeting on Aug. 31.

Phillips County and the CDPHE’s Hazardous Material and Waste Management Division agreed that through year 2022, the State agency will prepare a sampling and analysis plan and continue to conduct groundwater monitoring at the County landfill. On Jan. 1, 2023, the County will assume responsi...