With the second attempt, well drillers hired by Pittston town officials may have found a good source of water for Greg and Arlene Snow.
On Thursday, Greg Snow said the 500-foot-deep well drilled by Rolfe Well Drilling was producing about 2½ gallons of water a minute.
Now, Snow said, he and his wife are waiting for test results to tell them whether the water is free from salt contamination.
Snow said he’ll commission his own test of the water to make sure the water is free from any other contaminants as well.
The new well is only 100 feet from the first drilled well.
At a Board of Selectmen’s meeting Oct. 24, town officials said that well, drilled to more than 800 feet, had come up dry – something no one expected.
After the Snows first approached the town more than a year ago with a complaint about their well water, rounds of testing determined that the source of the contamination was road salt.
During a site visit in late August 2017 by the state Department of Environmental Protection, town officials learned that outdoor storage of salt had been a problem nearly three decades earlier on that site.
They say everything in their home that water has touched has sustained damage, including pipes and appliances.
“The more we drag it out, the worse it’s going to be.”

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The City of Newark has violated a federal standard for a potentially cancer-causing contaminant in its drinking water, and Bloomfield is among the Essex County towns that may be purchasing some of their water from the same supply, a report says.
According to NJ.com, state records show that Newark’s drinking water – which comes from the Wanaque and Pequannock Water Systems – recently tested for elevated levels of haloacetic acids at eight sites in the city.
(Read the full article here) Haloacetic acids are a group of five possibly carcinogenic chemicals that are byproducts of the water disinfection process, according to the U.S. EPA.
Eight municipalities buy all or some of their water from Newark, NJ.com stated: Bloomfield, Belleville, East Orange, South Orange, Nutley, Liberty Township, Raritan and Pequannock Township.
South Orange and Raritan only purchase Newark water during "emergencies."
"The maximum acceptable levels of haloacetic acids in drinking water, according to federal standards, is 60 parts per billion.
The city is aware of the issue and is working to solve the problem, he told NJ.com.
In January, Bloomfield officials announced that the previous month, four water samples exceeded the standard, or maximum contaminant level (MCL) for haloacetic acids.
When the elevated haloacetic acid levels were found in January, Bloomfield officials reminded residents that the township receives water pre-treated from the City of Newark.
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Residents of 82 homes in North Bend were warned not drink their water after the utility discovered evidence of coliform bacteria.
The Sallal Water Association learned last week that a water tank supplying the Riverpoint-Mount Si neighborhood was vandalized and white pellets were found near the site.
The King County Sheriff’s Office says someone cut several locks and monitoring equipment at the tank site.
The association says it chlorinated the tank under the direction of the Washington state Department of Health.
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The association says the bacteria "might have been related to the vandalism incident," but a connection has not been confirmed.
State regulators are evaluating water samples, and the association expects results within a few days.
North Bend is about 28 miles (45 kilometers) east of Seattle.

The Ahousaht First Nation has declared a local state of emergency due to a contaminated water supply and a low reservoir level in the remote west coast community.
According to the First Nations Health Authority, Ahousaht has been under a precautionary boil water advisory since Sunday after an increase in water turbidity was reported.
Ahousaht Chief Greg Louie said the reservoir is now at 32 per cent.
The local school is closed and the First Nation is preparing to evacuate their elderly and infirm to Tofino.
Due to the low levels of water in the reservoir, there is concern about firefighting capability.
The First Nations Health Authority, Indigenous Services Canada and Emergency Management BC are all assisting in evacuation effort.s The causes of the contamination and the low reservoir level are under investigation.
The First Nations Health Authority said there has been a flyover to try and determine what caused the contamination.
A mudslide has not been detected and a possible cause is the recent heavy rainfall.
#ahousaht under Boil Water Advisory after mystery soil contaminants entered village’s water resevoir early today or late last night @scottfraserndp @GordJohns @Catherine_RDGBC pic.twitter.com/ZjnvHYaOT9 — Ahousaht Admin (@AhousahtAdmin) November 5, 2018 The First Nations Health Authority is sending an Environmental Health Officer to carry out further tests on the water to help determine the source of the problem.
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The schools will provide students with bottled water until lead contamination is addressed On Nov. 2, San Diego Unified School District shut off drinking water at three schools that showed elevated levels of lead.
Lead levels above the district’s standard of 5 ppb were discovered in fountains at Encanto and Birney Elementary schools, while six water filters at Fletcher Elementary School tested above the district’s standards, according to ABC News.
The district will provide bottled water to the schools and will take additional samples, according to a letter the district sent to parents.
Rest assured we are not waiting that long to take action; we are following the existing protocol of immediately securing the affected water fixtures and providing bottled drinking water for the impacted areas.
This informational letter was sent to parents: pic.twitter.com/0XarUumHfj “We have launched an investigation and will be taking additional samples from all drinking water fountains in the district that have previously been remediated with a lead certified filter,” the district said in the letter.
At Fletcher Elementary, elevated lead levels were discovered at six locations, including three drinking fountains and three faucets.
The district previously adopted a tougher lead standard of 5 pbb, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s standard for bottled water, following a July 2017 investigation which found high lead levels at several schools in the county.
The district has scheduled an information meeting with parents at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 28, at Fletcher Elementary to discuss the findings, as reported by NBC San Diego.

KUWAIT CITY, Nov 4: MP Osama Al-Shaheen affirmed the Environment Public Authority (EPA) spares no effort in bearing its responsibilities and implementing all directives and decrees.
This came after the lawmaker submitted queries about information spread on various social media networks that the American military base in Kuwait is disposing radioactive waste on Kuwaiti soil.
The authority clarified it has neither obtained such information nor is aware of such action.
As for the measures taken by EPA regarding this news, the authority disclosed that it will soon sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Defense.
Meanwhile, MPs have started looking into the priorities of the State including the Early Retirement Bill in a bid to strengthen cooperation with the government and ensure transparency in development plans.
MPs also submitted queries to the concerned ministers requesting for updates on ongoing State projects.
She pointed out the economic reform plan includes a directive on the construction of more hospitals but the development of general healthcare is excluded.
She stressed the need to address this issue as kidney failure and cancer cases are on the rise, as well as deadly diseases which could easily affect children and senior citizens taking into account the level of sea water pollution.
Moreover, MP Mohammed Al-Dalaal asserted the biggest obstacle to any development plan is the absence of accurate planning and vision on the needs of the country.
“This costs the State a significant sum,” the MP stressed.

Households with drinking water bores near Palmerston North airport have been largely cleared of contamination by firefighting foam chemicals.
The chemicals, linked to run off from firefighter training at the airport, were found in only one out of a dozen bores.
In that bore, it tested at a level far below the maximum safe guideline.
"We are now in the process of informing the 12 households of the good news that their bore water is safe for drinking," Palmerston North Airport’s chief executive David Lanham said in a statement.
Soil also tested at below the human health screening values for industrial and commercial land.
Surface water testing of Mangaone stream showed low levels of the chemicals.
Health authorities are still advising people to avoid eating eels or watercress from this stream, and various other waterways around the airport.
More tests are going on of eels and aquatic life.
The airport has admitted using a type of foam banned in 2006 up until last December.

HINDIYAH, Iraq (AP) — Iraqi officials and fishermen are at a loss to explain how hundreds of tons of carp have suddenly died in fish farms in the Euphrates River, fueling anxieties about soaring water pollution.
Local authorities used excavators to skim dead fish from the river surface near the town of Hindiyah, 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Baghdad, where residents and local farmers have long complained about substandard water management.
Ayad Talibi, head of Iraq’s Fish Producers’ Syndicate, called it "annihilation" and a blow to the country’s "strategic fish reserve."
Water pollution and scarcity have been on the forefront of Iraqi discourse after matters reached crisis levels last summer.
Health officials said some 100,000 people were taken to hospital for stomach illnesses in the southern Basra province, where sludge and yellow water was recorded flowing out of the taps.
Demonstrators rioted, demanding better services.
Wissam Muslani, deputy governor for Babil province, which includes Hindiyah, said initial tests suggested it was the result of a virus that infected the gills.
"My first message is that make sure nobody eats any fish.
Photos and video of the carp-clogged Euphrates have had an immediate impact on fish sales, according to fishmongers from Hindiyah to Baghdad.
Ali Ibrahim, a vendor by the side of the highway outside Hindiyah, said he was closing his stall and returning to his family.

A banned toxic firefighting foam used at commercial airports has contaminated a Palmerston North stream, but at a low level.
In the second stage of testing, surface water was sampled and the toxic chemical was detected, including in Mangaone Stream, at low concentrations.
* Testing shows surface water and soil contaminated near Palmerston North Airport * Testing for contamination begins at commercial airports after banned firefighting foam found * Toxic foam found in fire trucks and storage at three more commercial airports * Nationwide investigation into toxic firefighting foam launched​ Further testing is now planned in the northern stream and southern drain, and the Mangaone Stream adjacent to the airport, to understand whether eels and other aquatic life have been affected.
The problem has since spread.
Sediment sampling from streams detected the toxic chemical in the northern stream and southern drain, but sediment in Mangaone Stream was not contaminated.
Ground water samples were also taken from 12 properties predominantly north and west of the airport, which had some reliance on bores for drinking water.
One tested indicated the presence of the toxic chemicals, but it was lower than drinking water guidelines.
MidCentral District Health Board Public Health Services advised swimming in potentially affected waterways did not pose a significant health risk.
The Ministry for Primary Industries said investigations into the toxic chemical in other countries hadn’t reported any ill effects on pets or livestock.
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Foam use by the South Dakota Air National Guard and Sioux Falls Fire Department is the cause.
City engineer Tim Stefanich, who oversees the water system, conceded “there was a little bit of time in between” finding the contamination, determining its source and deciding to shut off affected wells.
In 2014, the city tested for PFAS as part of an EPA-mandated water sampling program.
Today, the 19 offline wells are no longer sampled, but water leaving the city’s purification plant is sampled monthly.
But unlike Box Elder, where training, testing and emergency response activities at Ellsworth Air Force Base led to contamination, two culprits are responsible for the contamination in Sioux Falls.
Of the 17 wells sampled for PFOA/PFOS, 12 had concentrations above the EPA level, including one well 3,500 times that level.
Six of the 10 municipal wells with PFOA/PFOS above the EPA level are marked in the Air Guard’s report.
Lubbers and Stefanich balked at providing the exact location of the other four wells, but Stefanich described one well as north of the airport terminal, and the three others as west and northwest of well 10, which had detections 200 times the EPA advisory level.
With no PFAS detections in raw water entering the treatment plant since 2016, Lubbers and Stefanich believe they have the situation under control.
The Lewis and Clark Regional Water system, a nonprofit, wholesale provider of treated water that Sioux Falls uses for the other half of its drinking water needs, is also tested and has no reported detections.