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Appendix 5: Water Study Invitation Letters <br />FINAL MAILING 4'S <br />a~~,s <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 8181 <br />Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br />Phone: (919) 245-2411 <br />Fax: (919) 644-3007 <br />www w o2noe 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 0 Box 8181 <br />Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br />Phone: (919) 245-2361 <br />FAX: (919) 6443006 <br />December 151, 2005 <br />TO: Selected Property Owners or Current Residents on Mill Creek and High Rock <br />Roads in Cedar Grove <br />z <br />t <br />m <br />v <br />L9 <br />iv <br />E <br />c <br />0 <br />c <br />w <br />This is a third and final mailing of a letter that was sent in September to selected Mill <br />Creek Road area residents. We are repeating the mailing in hopes that you will <br />respond by requesting a water sample analyses and answering a telephone survey, <br />Orange County Health Department staff is conducting a study of well water quality <br />along specif c stretches of Mill Creek and High Rock Roads. The study was <br />approved at recent meetings of the Orange County Boards of Health and County <br />Commissioners in response to concerns from community members in that area about <br />well water quality and cancer rates. A separate study of cancer rates in the <br />community using phone interviews will also occur through December. <br />Participation in the well water quality study is completely voluntary and you are <br />under no obligation to respond to this notice. If you choose to participate, please <br />complete the attached application and return it by November 30th to the Orange <br />County Health Department. Alternately, you can fill it out and give it to Glenda or <br />Joe Holloway who live at 4620 Mill Creels Road and they will deliver it to us for <br />action. TH>iR>; WILL BE NO CHARG); FOR ANY WATER SAMPL>; <br />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 <br />owner or tenant before we can collect samples so please be sure to include your <br />telephone number and sign that portion of the form prior to rettuning it. The samples <br />will include bacteriological, inorganic chemical, petroleum, pesticide and radon tests. <br />The air portion of the radon takes two to four days to complete, so we will arrange to <br />pick the kit up firoln 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 offce will provide <br />advice and recommendations to owners who wish to fix problems in their own home. <br />If the property is rented, and the water is found unsafe to dril~lc, we will work with the <br />landlord to correct the problem as required by the appropriate laws and rules. <br />Yotu participation in this study is very important to you and your community, so <br />please give it careful consideration before declining. If you have questions, please <br />give the Earvironmental Health office a call at 919-345-2.360 and we will gladly <br />attempt to address any concerns that you may have. <br />Dr. Rosemary Sununers, Orange County 1-Iealth Director <br />Ron Holdway, Orange County Environmental health Services Director <br />Page 43 of 47 <br />