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EVER' TESTIFIED THAT THIS WOULD PRODUCE PERFECT WATER, BUT.THAT IT <br />WOULD PRODUCE POTABLE WATER, AND HE BELIEVES IT HAS DONE SO AS THE <br />REPORTS GIVEN BY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT OF THE SAMPLES TAKEN ON A <br />PERIODIC BASIS INDICATE THAT THE SAMPLES ARE SATISFACTORY AND MEET <br />HEALTH STANDARDS. MR. WRIGHT CONTINUED THAT THEY DISCUSSED AT GREAT <br />LENGTH THE PROBLEM EXISTING IN THE ROCKRIDGE AREA, WHICH IS THE SHELL <br />AND THE.GALVANIZED PIPE AND THAT THERE WERE SOME PROBLEMS THAT THEY <br />FELT THE GALVANIZED PIPE WAS PROVIDING. HE STATED THAT THE ENGINEERS <br />FELT THAT THE SEQUESTERING OF THIS WATER AT THE PLANT AND IN THE PIPE <br />WOULD BRING THE ROCKRIDGE AREA PIPE TO POTABLE CONDITIONS. MR. WRIGHT <br />NOTED THAT THE REPLACEMENT OF.THE PIPE AND THE COST THAT WOULD OCCUR, <br />IF THAT WAS THE ONLY SOLUTION, WAS DISCUSSED, BUT THE ENGINEERS <br />WANTED TO TRY THE OTHER ALTERNATIVE. MR. WRIGHT STATED THAT HE THINKS <br />WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS THAT THE SEQUESTERING, THE FLUSHING AND THE <br />INTRODUCTION OF CHEMICALS AND USE OF ADDITIONAL WATER SOFTING AGENTS <br />DID SOLVE THE PROBLEM, AND HE BELIEVES THIS HAS BEEN BORNE OUT BY <br />THE TESTIMONY OF MR, FOX. MR. WRIGHT CONTINUED THAT HE DOES NOT <br />RECALL SAYING THAT THE REPLACEMENT OF THAT PIPE WOULD SOLVE ALL <br />PROBLEMS, AND IF HE DID SAY SO, HE WAS CERTAINLY WRONG BECAUSE HE <br />HAS COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT IT WOULD NOT BE NECESSARY; THAT IT <br />WOULD BE AN EXPENSE THAT WOULD BE A BURDEN ON THE RATE PAYERS. HE <br />STATED THAT HE FEELS THE RATES ARE HIGH NOW EVEN THOUGH THEY DO NOT <br />PROVIDE THEM WITH THE RATE OF.RETURN THEY SHOULD HAVE ON THEIR IN- <br />VESTMENT. HE ALSO DID NOT FEEL A PLANT AS DESCRIBED BY MR. FOX IS <br />THE SOLUTION AS HE DID NOT BELIEVE IT WOULD SOLVE THE ENTIRE PROBLEM <br />AND WOULD BE MUCH TOO EXPENSIVE. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT REQUESTED MR. FOX TO COME FORWARD <br />AND EXAMINE BOTH SECTIONS OF PIPE BROUGHT IN BY MR, ALLISTER. <br />MR. FOX EXAMINED THE PIPE AND STATED THAT THERE IS A COAT- <br />ING ON THE INSIDE OF THE PIPE, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 2%, AND AGREED <br />THERE IS DEFINITELY RUST IN THE PIPE WHICH IS CAUSED BY MINERAL DE- <br />POSIT. HE POINTED OUT, HOWEVER, THAT WHEN THE PIPE DRIES, THIS DE- <br />POSIT STARTS TO FLAKE OFF, BUT WHEN THE WATER PASSES THROUGH IT, THE <br />INSIDE OF THE PIPE IS SLIMY AND THIS DOESNIT OCCUR. THE SECTIONS OF <br />PIPE WERE MARKED AS EXHIBITS 17 (TAKEN.F.ROM THE REAR OF 1540-1550 <br />6TH AVE.) AND 18 (TAKEN FROM THE REAR OF 1390 4TH COURT) AND ARE ON <br />