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6-11-199b 3-40PM FROM bCT-13-i99B 14saS HEATER uT1t2T1E5 Qtg ~ Zug p,~,~ 16 Page Tiro Orange County Co^wissioners October i2 t998 In regards to the faiTt~ of s public utility's water supply. it is the sole responsibility ~ the utility to obtain rep}au~a+t ~. Ia the ono instano! viwte this F~paned tv sr. when I owned a public w~' sys;es. I piped titater to the sYsteet troa~ another approxia~ately iTE alias aay. If necessary. i woultt hairs P~'~sed property a?sere on M1tC1~ to drill a raptacenent well. Ibprt OMASA ra~r short of water a nu~ber of yaws ago. I drilled a nueber of weds for UNC campus ~ hospital to allow thes to have adquste ester. It is interesting to Hoff when surfaoa supplies start tQ fail. wales are uswtly in good supply and vice versa. Surface supplies depend on springs. rain. and storage trhfctt can gciidcly be affected by a dr'ou9ht. Malls depend on water stored in the rock and ground an0 talcs years to be affected by droughts and therefore are less libely w ae affiCted ay periodic droughts. IK concluston. you wtil be better off with the cerrtral systes than individual walls. Ny badcgrouc+d is as foilors: 59 years as a well ~i11er or ConSitltint; 33 years as a utility owner a coraultant; co-author of EPA's "Manual on Mater Me11 Construction." 21 ^orrths as a well driller instructor in tht U.S. Nave Ssa•Bees: vice cF~aireart end sea'e~tar~- of "JNdM seep Mall Standards" cdeaittee. developer asd d+aineen for 18 veers of National hater l~k1T Asaoc~iations certification prows which is wad by e~iny state as their license exa, past president of "N.C. 6r+ound Meter Association' and "National lister Me11 Association." and the first certified 'Master Meter ball tontractvr" in the United States and 16 years as a County Co~rissioner in Wke County. I hope this letter wilt answer your eonoerns you have. sincerely. /~~~ ~.~. N~ Conwetant