{"id":265220,"date":"2025-11-01T15:59:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T15:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/265220\/"},"modified":"2025-11-01T15:59:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T15:59:09","slug":"slate-belt-township-closes-a-major-loophole-that-could-help-prevent-future-water-shortages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/265220\/","title":{"rendered":"Slate Belt township closes a major loophole that could help prevent future water shortages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a id=\"articleLabel__link\" class=\"articleLabel__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lehighvalleylive.com\/slate-belt\/\" title=\"Navigate to Slate Belt\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Slate Belt<\/a>Updated: Nov. 01, 2025, 8:07 a.m.|Published: Nov. 01, 2025, 8:00 a.m.<img fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"sync\" alt=\"UMass groundwater monitoring\" class=\"hero-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/BCHQRAPQQJHENP5MZUA2VFUOHI.jpg\"\/>The cap of a water monitoring well.The Republican<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"PMYUOHMG6REPFMMO34XW4WMJIE\">A Slate Belt township\u2019s zoning laws already addressed well drilling but did not include specific language for large developments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"X5DPPJXZWNB3BAZIPDP5VP4UV4\">On Monday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umbt.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.umbt.org\/\">Upper Mount Bethel Township Supervisors<\/a> passed an amendment to its zoning ordinance that seeks to close that loophole.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--center skimlinks\">If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancelocal.com\/advancelocalUserAgreement\/user-agreement.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancelocal.com\/advancelocalUserAgreement\/privacy-policy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Slate BeltUpdated: Nov. 01, 2025, 8:07 a.m.|Published: Nov. 01, 2025, 8:00 a.m.The cap of a water monitoring well.The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":265221,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[192,79],"class_list":{"0":"post-265220","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-environment","9":"tag-science"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265220\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}