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Appendix 5: Water Study Invitation Letters <br />NOTIC>;J .Q-a- <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />HEALTH DEPARTMENT <br />Rosemary L Summers, <br />MPH, DrPH <br />Health Director <br />Richard E. Whiffed Human <br />Services Center <br />300 West Tryon Street <br />Post Office Box BS81 <br />Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br />Phone: (919)245-2411 <br />Fax: (919) 694-3007 <br />www ro orange nc us/health <br />Central Administrative <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: (9i9) 694-3006 <br />November 8th, 2005 <br />TO: Selected Property Owners or Current Residents on Mill Creek and High Rock <br />Roads in Cedar Grove <br />This is a second mailing of a letter that was sent in September to selected Mill Creek <br />Road area residents. We are repeating the mailing in hopes that you will respond by <br />requesting a water sample analyses and answering a telephone survey. Orange County <br />Health Department staff is conducting a study of well water quality along specific <br />stretches of Mill Creek and High Rock Roads. The study was approved at recent <br />meetings of the Orange County Boards of Health and County Commissioners in <br />response to concerns from community members in that area about well water quality <br />and cancer rates. A separate study of cancer rates in the community using phone <br />interviews will also occur tluough December. <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 November .30th to the Orange County Health <br />Department. Alternately, you catr 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 />char e for any water sample conducted as part of this study. <br />Please understated 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 samples so please be sure to include your telephone <br />number and sign that portion of the form prior to returning it. The samples will include <br />bacteriological, inorganic chemical, petroleum, pesticide and radon tests. The air <br />portion of the radon takes two to four days to complete, so we will arrange to pick the <br />kit 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 recommendations 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 />z <br />Your participation in this study is very important to you and your community, so please <br />give it careful 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 />~n <br />r <br />m <br />v <br />2 <br />6 <br />v <br />E <br />c <br />0 <br />c <br />w <br />Dr. Rosemary Sununers, Orange County Health Director <br />Ron Holdway, Orange County Enviromnental Health Services Director <br />Page 42 of 47 <br />