A new study has discovered that arsenic was found in 2022 at a Gary well that has served as a drinking resource for some of the community.

A representative for the U.S. Geological Survey presented findings of a soon to-be-released study to the Little Calumet River Basin Development Commission in August. The study includes test results from 2022 and 2023 at groundwater wells in Northwest Indiana.

A Gary artesian well, which doesn’t require a pump to bring water to the surface, near Chase and 35th Streets was found to have arsenic in 2022, said Harvie Pollard, a hydrologist with USGS’ Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Water Science Center.

Pollard presented some of the study’s findings to the Little Calumet River Basin Development Commission on Aug. 20.

“We had a large array of tests that we ran on

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