Victory! Article 23 Approved!

The Attorney General approved Article 23 which was passed at Town Meeting by the voters of Berkley on June 7th. Article 23 is now a general by-law for the Town of Berkley prohibiting commercial excavation below the annual high water line. Cape Cod Aggregates fought hard to have the Attorney General deny Article 23. They are trying to create a quarry 250 feet deep in a residential neighborhood, mining below the aquifer that supplies the only drinking water available to residents through private wells.

Thank you to everyone who contacted the Attorney General's Office in support of Article 23. Democracy still works!

News Article on Ground Water Bylaw

Below is a link for an article in the Taunton Gazette with news coverage of Berkley Town Meeting, Monday, June 7th and the vote on Article 23 regarding ground water protection and quarrying.

http://www.tauntongazette.com/topstories/x2023187891/Berkley-approves-regionalization-override-vote-next

Ground Water Protection Passes

On Monday, June 7th, voters passed Article 23 at Berkley Town Meeting. Article 23 was written by Berkley resident Mark Speer and put on the warrant by petition. This general bylaw provides protection for the town's groundwater by preventing excavation below the mean waterline.

Berkley residents depend on ground water from private wells as their only source of clean drinking water.