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COMMISSIONER SIEBERT NOTED THAT MR, FOX SAID THE IRON CON- <br />TENT SHOWN ON THE TESTS COULD BE DUE TO THE INSTABILITY OF THE WATER. <br />HE POINTED OUT THAT TESTS DONE AT GLENDALE ROAD ON SEPTEMBER 19TH AND <br />1351 4TH COURT ON SEPTEMBER 26TH SHOWED IRON CONTENT VARYING FROM .08 <br />TO .048 AND ASKED IF MR. FOX FELT THE RAW WATER WOULD VARY THAT MUCH <br />WITHIN A ONE—WEEK PERIOD. <br />MR. FOX DID NOT THINK IT WAS LIKELY. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT POINTED OUT THAT 4TH COURT IS IN THE <br />ROCKRIDGE AREA WHERE THERE IS GALVANIZED PIPE. <br />MR. FOX SAID THE ANSWER COULD WELL BE DIRECTLY RELATED TO <br />THE FLUSHING PROGRAM THAT THE UTILITY HAS CARRIED OUT. HE FELT THIS <br />COULD HAVE A DIRECT IMPACT ON THE TEST RESULTS. <br />COMMISSIONER SEIBERT POINTED OUT THAT FLUSHING DOES NOT <br />AFFECT RAW WATER, WHICH HE FELT COULD LEAD ONE TO BELIEVE THE WATER <br />IS PICKING UP IRON CONTENT IN THE ROCKRIDGE AREA. <br />MR. FOX NOTED THAT SAMPLES CAN VARY IN THE SYSTEM AND SAID <br />IF CONSISTANT SAMPLES WERE TAKEN OF THE FINISHED WATER THROUGHOUT THE <br />CEMENT ASBESTOS AREA AS WELL AS THE GALVANIZED, THEN THAT MIGHT BEGIN <br />TO SUBSTANTIATE SOMETHING. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT ASKED IF MR. FOX DOES ANY CONSULTING <br />FOR UTILITY FIRMS ON THE PURCHASE OF UTILITY SYSTEMS, AND MR. FOX _ <br />SAID HE HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THAT. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT CONTINUED THAT MR, FOX HAS TESTIFIED <br />THAT THE PLANT IS NOT LARGE ENOUGH TO WARRANT THE INVESTMENT TO BRING <br />IT UP TO PURITY STANDARDS AND THAT THE RAW WATER IS UNRELIABLE BOTH <br />AS TO VOLUME AND STABILITY. HE ASKED MR. FOX WHETHER HE WOULD ADVISE <br />ANY FIRM TO PURCHASE SUCH A SYSTEM WITHOUT BEING PREPARED TO MAKE A <br />CAPITAL INVESTMENT TO BRING IT UP TO ALL STANDARDS, <br />MR. FOX STATED THAT HE WOULD ADVISE IT BECAUSE THERE ARE-- <br />ALTERNATIVES, <br />RE-ALTERNATIVES, HE STATED THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO FIND A WAY OF BY— <br />PASSING THE EXISTING PLANT AND LOOK FOR A SOURCE THAT CAN BE BROUGHT <br />INTO THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM TO TAKE CARE OF THE CUSTOMERS, HE <br />CONTINUED THAT IT IS OBVIOUS THE CITY LINES ARE RIGHT THERE AND THERE <br />ARE POINTS OF CONNECTION WHICH WOULD BE LOGICAL, IF IT COULD BE WORKED <br />N <br />