Artesian Well in Alanson, Michigan
Artesian Well Drinking Fountain, Alanson Park
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Topinabee Artisanal Well
Other northern Michigan communities are served by artesian wells delivering naturally filtered water from natural and untreated sources without tricks or pumps.
Topinabee has only an artisanal well. It gives the pretense of a natural flowing artesian well, but relies on an electric deep well pump to deliver water from a drilled well that required chemical treatment to meet Michigan drinking water standards. If we have to pay to pump it, please install a foot valve to start or stop this waste of 2 gallons per minute of water down the drain, or better yet, an ADA accessible drinking fountain.
The backside, for lack of a better term, of this fake artesian well has another pretense set in stone on a bronze plaque. The taxpayers of Mullett Township contributed more than $120,000 to the park funding. The rest of the names listed contributed far less than 10% of that amount and were solicited by invitation only. Supervisor Gale excluded "outsiders" who were not part of her inner sanctum or the TDA when she solicited "contributions" to cover the budget over-runs.
Perhaps the plaque should state:
Topinabee Beach Park
Dedicated to the public with funding from
Mullett Township and contributions from:
The friends and anonymous letter writing supporters of the Topinabee Development Association
