OTTAWA LAKE, Mich. — Whiteford Township is hiring its former engineer to do a hydrology study it hopes will provide answers for residents about their parched water wells.
The township board agreed Tuesday night by a 4-1 vote to hire David Arthur Consultants of Dundee, Mich., to do the study at a cost of $40,000. The firm was founded by Dave Kubiske, who spent about 20 years associated with the township as its engineer.
The lone dissenter was Lee Strahan, township treasurer, who said other experts convinced her at a presentation last week that there are likely multiple causes for water disappearing, including drought…