By Ken Ward Jr. Dow Chemical has agreed to fund groundwater testing at Shawnee Regional Park, where local officials want to build a huge youth sports complex. This comes in the wake of a lawsuit alleging decades of chemical manufacturing at the Institute plant contaminated the groundwater beneath nearby West Virginia State University. Dow's Union Carbide unit "will fully fund the testing of the groundwater" as well as "an independent consultant's evaluation" of the sampling results, according to a statement emailed by Carrie Houtman, director of issues management and crisis communications for Dow. The statement did not specify what kind of testing would be done, make clear the timing for the work, or identify the consultant.