No. Extensive pump testing and modeling confirmed this and the groundwater levels at our facility and the surrounding neighborhood will be under continuous monitoring. Nordic has further agreed to make whole any homeowner who has issues with their well. The overwhelming majority of homes and businesses are served by municipal water, with only a handful of homes still employing wells. We rely on freshwater for our fish and have three different available sources. The site we chose is unique in that the impoundment of the Little River previously supplied the drinking water for the city of Belfast and Northport for close to a century. We have been permitted the use of multiple ground water wells, withdrawal of water from the reservoir, and can use municipal water supplied by the Belfast water district. This allows us sufficient flexibility to balance which water supply we use.
Lastly, the facility will employ seawater for most of its processes.
The extensive data collection and secondary assessments done by an additional environmental consultancy conclude that our proposed withdrawal will not have negative effects on the overall health of the watershed area in Belfast. It also concludes that other local wells are safe. We will have fully transparent monitoring practices in place to give assurances to the community in the future.