HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93010_0072 (2)Mrs. Fortner said she called a well drilling company and was told about a device that
softened the water. She said she understood the iron problem was eliminated with the device.
Mrs. James said a local company had given her a price of $1,400 for the softener. She said
she just had a problem spending more money on the situation, since the neighborhood was
experiencing so many problems. She mentioned the poor water pressure, mud, discolored water,
and that some people had to share wells.
Stewart asked how many families were having water problems.
James said 39 homes. Mrs. James said she was not able to complete the survey she
previously mentioned. She added that some residents had black particles in their water and some
had to have their water primed.
James Holler, of West Iredell Water Company, said he knew the neighborhood had been
having problems for many years. He said the company had not approached the neighborhood,
because there was not a development between it and West Iredell Water. Holler said there was about
a three-quarter of a mile distance. Holler said the residents on Oley Road were completely out of
water, and the company just recently committed to extending a line to this site. Mr. Holler said the
$20,000 his company might be able to commit for the Cannon Road neighborhood would be from
engineering fees that would probably be recouped from the Sharon School Road project. He said
this project was just about finished with the exception of a pump installation.
Commissioner Johnson asked how certain the company was about recouping the $20,000.
Holler said the money was "a pretty sure thing."
Bowles asked how much more than $20,000 would be needed.
Holler said the total project would be approximately $55,000, and the area had been
measured.
Chairman Tice said she remembered that several years ago the county assisted the
Meadowbrook Subdivision with a sewer problem.
Mashburn said that was correct. The residents were having sewer problems and the county
contracted to install a sewer line. The Town of Mooresville agreed to take the lines over and
maintain them. The property owners were assessed for the costs over a ten-year period.
Mr. Mashburn said $300,000 had been received from the Clean Water Bond, and it was used
for the Sharon School Road project. He said the community might be eligible to receive Community
Development Block Grant funds from the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Mashburn said, however, the applications had to be submitted by May 26, 2000. The preliminary
engineering report would need to be done prior to the application. In addition, the CDBG funds were
on a competitive basis. He said another source of funding might be the USDA.
Mr. Holler acknowledged that some of the residents in the neighborhood were completely
out of water. (One audience member said he could obtain about five gallons of water for the first
minute, but thereafter it was just a trickle.)
Kelly Sheeks, the county's environmental health supervisor, said that what Mrs. James had
described was "classic iron or hard water." He said it did produce staining problems and would
eventually scale the plumbing pipes. Skeeks said the water would not produce health problems;
either short term or long term unless people just stopped drinking water. He said Mrs. James had
described black particles and this was probably manganese. Sheeks said the low water pressure and
mud were not associated with the iron problem.