Patrick Simpson
154:07 - 154:42
“I think what we're planning to do, what I'm planning to do, is monitor probably with permanent wells at, at least 2 locations on site for the next 5 years.”
- Speaker
- Patrick Simpson
- Timestamp
- 154:07 – 154:42
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- October 8, 2026
From the transcript
I'm at this point then, I— this is Pat's opinion, not the state of Alaska, because it's under contamination now that the contamination folks are looking at it. Um, if I was to get water in this location I would have to do the same things I'm doing now and determine if there's suitable water for drinking and processing. So I'm not sure exactly what my options would be. I think what we're planning to do, what I'm planning to do, is monitor probably with permanent wells at, at least 2 locations on site for the next 5 years. Taking samples in the spring and samples again in the fall and providing that data to the Department of Environmental Conservation as part of the monitoring effort so we can see whether or not these are continuing, they're diminishing, or they're increasing.
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