People gathered in the Bryan, Ohio courthouse square Saturday with signs for the first rally in support of protecting the Michindoh Aquifer this year. In conjunction with a chamber-sponsored spring event and a farmers market at the Bryan Square on Saturday, the Williams County Alliance had a table where people could sign a charter to give Williams County “home rule”. Giving them the ability to govern itself and make laws to protect the tri-state groundwater resource.


Artesian of Pioneer, owned by the Mayor of Pioneer, Ohio, Ed Kidston has proposed a business that would sell an estimated 15 million gallons a day of Michindoh water to communities outside of the aquifer boundaries.