0 Facebook 0 Twitter 0 Facebook-messenger 0 Whatsapp 0 Email Victory’s Shadow: The Toxic Legacy of the Scioto Ordnance Plant Establishment and Displacement In 1942, the urgency of World War II arrived in Marion County, Ohio, not with a battle, but with an eviction notice. The U.S. Army seized more than 12,500 acres across Grand […]
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0 Facebook 0 Twitter 0 Facebook-messenger 0 Whatsapp 0 Email Weighing 80 tons and measuring 140′ in length and 7′ in diameter, the Baker Wood Preserving Company installed two of these mammoth tubes at its factory located at the northwest corner of Kenton Avenue (aka State Route 309) and Holland Road in January 1937. Each […]
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0 Facebook 0 Twitter 0 Facebook-messenger 0 Whatsapp 0 Email The city of Marion will be receiving a sizeable forgivable loan to upgrade its Water Pollution Control Center and leachate system. At the council meeting held on the 22nd of December, it was announced that the city of Columbus had somewhat secretively received a large […]
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0 Facebook 0 Twitter 0 Facebook-messenger 0 Whatsapp 0 Email If you thought the water issues were over, check your taps. Following a weekend of foul “organic” odors and a sudden switch from river to well water, Aqua Ohio has initiated an emergency system-wide flush of Marion’s water mains. While the City of Marion’s newest […]
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0 Facebook 0 Twitter 0 Facebook-messenger 0 Whatsapp 0 Email Residents of Marion woke up this weekend to a familiar but unsettling phenomenon: tap water that smelled wrong. While officially dismissed as a harmless “organic odor,” the event triggered a significant operational scramble at the Aqua Ohio treatment plant, forcing a sudden switch in the […]