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6-11-1995 3:d0PM FROM OCT-13-1998 14=44 MATER iJTiLITIES 919 460 1788 P.04i06 1 5 RB (Bob) HEATER - Consultant s~n-~: coun~r r -w~wws- ~ -vraae~ . - seNw• sr~.« 20i Twaed GiaN Cary, NC 27511 . P'h. 9ii1~67~9114 October' 1Z, 1998 Oran0e County Co~^iissioners Hi 11 sborotl0h. NC Re: Proposed 66 lot Subdivision Referred to as ttw `Johnston Tract' Oear Cosaiasivners: i have been asked by 'Soso Properties. Inc.` and Nr. !toll Sass to write you in re0irds to tM posstb111ty that one or nro wells an the above- reterenced property Mould not dry up the wells on adjacent property owners an 'Turicsy Firs Road'" and the Stonebridge or Sedgefield Subdivisions. First, let Me say that no one can say with aKainty that one Mel! Hill not dry up another well. Flowever. I Can paint out tO you that, if Wle we11 serves 66 lots or 56 individual wells serves 66 1vts, the aaiourrt of Kater used Kill be the sale and the effect on nearby wells should be essant1a11y tht sous. furtiKrsore, the possibility of ContatAination of the water delivered is 111uCh l esS fros Orle Or two we115 on a pub! i C utility SySteal than Lhe Eft individwl wells. Thus. frost a health standpoirK. the public utility systaw that is tested iaonthly is Dy far safer. It has be~I u- eYperienCe aperatin0 over 460 coaaunity wells Mith itldlvtdual kells nearby that in only three cases have I krwwn of one at thlD aflectirg other wells. in two cases tt xas one casrsmity well and two hose wells. This was taken care of. with the owner's happiness. by connecting the individual hOSaOMeges m the Central systes. In the third case, one central Melt aftectad a prttral well on a diftw~ent utility and an agrtesent was reached as to how wuclf each system was to use. Thus, fror a practical sense. there should be na Concern where a vo^Mmity well or wells are used to serve a nu~Der of hoses Mi11 be detrisental to other wells neerDy. Eras a legal point, the U.S. Suprase Court ruled that in a case Khere one well wes drying w another that the first user has first C1ai^ an the water and the second user lust defer to the first user.