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Appendix 5: Water Study Invitation Letters ~" <br />NOTICE <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />HEALTH DEPARTMENT <br />Rosemary L. Summers, <br />MPH, DrPH <br />Health Director <br />Richard E- Whitted Human <br />Services Center <br />300 West Tryon Street <br />Post OfRce Box 6181 <br />Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br />Phone: (919)245-2411 <br />Fax: (919) 644-3007 <br />www m gcange nc us/health <br />Central Administratlve <br />Services <br />Dental Health Services <br />Environmental Health Services <br />Health Promotion and <br />Education Services <br />Personal Health Services <br />306-C Revere Road <br />P O Box 8181 <br />Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br />Phone: (919) 245-2361 <br />FAX: (919)644-3006 <br />u <br />v <br />t <br />m <br />S <br />19 <br />E <br />0 <br />W <br />August 31, 2005 <br />TO: Selected Property Owners or Current Residents on Mill Creels and High Rock <br />Roads in Cedar Grove <br />Staff of the Orange County Health Department will be conducting a study of well water <br />quality along specific stretches of Mill Creek and High Rock Roads in coming weeks, <br />begimring the second week of September. The study was approved at recent meetings <br />of the Or°ange County Boards of I-Iealth and County Commissioners in response to <br />concerns fiom conununity members in that area about well water quality and cancer <br />rates. A separate study of cancer rates in the community using phone interviews will <br />also occur in September. <br />Participation in the well water quality study is completely voluntary and you are under <br />no obligation to respond to this notice- If you choose to participate, please complete the <br />attached application and return it by September l4°i to the Orange County Health <br />Department. Alternately, you can fill it out and give it to Glenda or .Joe Holloway who <br />live at 4620 Mill Creek Road and they will deliver it to us for action. There will be no <br />chu e for any water sample conducted as part of this study.. <br />Please understand that the water samples results are subject to open records laws but <br />will not contain any medical information. The application must be signed by the owner <br />or tenant before we can collect any samples so please be sure to sign that portion of the <br />form prior to returning it. The samples will include bacteriological, inorganic chemical, <br />petroleum, pesticide and radon tests.. The air portion of the radon takes three days to <br />complete, so we will arrange to pick the Icit up from your home after it is finished.. <br />There will be no action required by the Health Department for water problems <br />discovered during the survey unless the home is rented.. Our office will provide advice <br />and reconunendations to owners who wish to fix problems in their own home. If the <br />property is rented, and the water is found unsafe to drink, we will work with the <br />landlord to correct the problem as required by the appropriate laws and rules. <br />Your participation in this study is very important to you and your cornmwrity, so please <br />give it carefiil consideration before declining. If you have questions, please give the <br />Environmental Health office a call at 919-245-2360 and we will gladly attempt to <br />address any concerns that you may have. <br />Dr. Rosemary Summers, Orange County Health Director <br />Ron Holdway, Orange County Environmental Health Services Director <br />Page 41 of 47 <br />