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HEARD TODAY SEEMS TO INDICATE THAT IS THE WATER THAT WILL BE MADE AVAIL- <br />ABLE TO THESE PEOPLE. HE CONTINUED THAT THESE PEOPLE HAVE THE ABILITY <br />TO PAY FOR SUCH WATER AND ARE WILLING TO PAY FOR IT, AND HE WOULD HOPE <br />THEY CAN RECEIVE IT. <br />ATTORNEY GATLIN CALLED MR. FOX FOR FURTHER QUESTIONING IN <br />REGARD TO THE SECTIONS OF PIPE, EXHIBITS 17 AND 18, AND ASKED HIM IF THE <br />CLAY OR DIRT ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE PIPE WOULD HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH <br />THE QUALITY OR ADEQUACY OF THE PIPE. <br />MR.FOX STATED THAT IT WOULD NOT, <br />ATTORNEY GATLIN THEN NOTED THAT ON THE INSIDE OF THE PIPE THERE <br />IS SOME DRY, RUST-COLORED DEPOSITS AND SOME OTHER DIRT, AND ASKED MR, <br />FOX TO EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT WHEN THE PIPE IS ACTUALLY IN SERVICE <br />AS DISTINGUISHED FROM BEING OUT OF THE GROUND FOR SEVERAL DAYS AND <br />DRIED OUT. <br />MR. FOX NOTED THAT BOTH PIPES ARE ALMOST EXACTLY THE SAME AND <br />BOTH HAVE BEEN OUT OF THE GROUND FOR SOME TIME AND ARE NOW DRY. BECAUSE <br />OF THIS, THE DEPOSIT WILL EASILY FLAKE OFF, BUT WHEN THE WATER IS RUNNING <br />THROUGH THE PIPE, THIS IS NOT THE CASE. HE FELT THIS IS BORNE OUT BY <br />THE CHEMICAL ANALYSES THE COUNTY HAD DONE IN THAT TURBIDITY WAS NOT <br />REFLECTED. MR. FOX NOTED THAT IF THESE DEPOSITS WERE BEING FLAKED OFF <br />INTO THE WATER, IT WOULD SHOW UP IN TURBIDITY, WHICH REFLECTS FINE_ <br />PARTICLES IN SUSPENSION AS OPPOSED TO COLOR WHICH REFLECTS PARTICLES IN <br />A COLLOIDAL STATE. HE FELT THIS INDICATES THAT THE SEQUESTERING AND THE <br />RUST INHIBITOR IS FORMING A CHEMICAL REACTION WITH THE WATER AND COATING <br />THE INSIDE OF THE PIPE AND CONTAINING THE DEPOSIT. <br />ATTORNEY GATLIN ASKED MR. FOX IF THIS PIPE WAS IN SERVICE WHETHER <br />THE WATER WOULD BE SAFE AND WHETHER HE WOULD DRINK IT. <br />MR. FOX SAID "LET US SAY THERE IS NO REASON TO THINK I WOULD <br />NOT." MR. FOX CONTINUED THAT HE FOUND IT SURPRISING THAT AFTER THIS <br />LENGTH OF TIME THAT THE DIAMETER OF THE PIPE HAS BEEN DECREASED SO LITTLE, <br />ONLY 1.5 To 2.0 REDUCTION WHICH IS EXTREMELY GOOD. <br />ATTORNEY GATLIN ASKED IF MR. FOX WOULD SAY THE PIPES ARE IN A <br />NORMAL CONDITION, AND MR. FOX FELT THEY.WERE BETTER THAN NORMAL. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT NOTED.THAT THE TESTS THE COUNTY HAD DONE <br />DO NOT MONITOR TURBIDITY. <br />MR. FOX FELT THAT IF TURBIDITY DID NOT APPEAR ON THE REPORT, IT <br />20 <br />T Fj, <br />SEP 2' 1977 <br />