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, 1. A Norwegian study of141,00 births over three years found a 14 percent increased risk of birth defects in areas with chlorinated water. A similar study in Canada found significantly increased risks of stillbirth. 2. A Harvard study finding that people drinking chlorinated water over long periods have a 21 % increased risk of contracting bladder cancer, and a 38% increase of rectal cancer. 3. An Oak Ridge Associated Universities study concluding that the drinking of chlorinated water for 15 years or more was conductive to a high rate of colon cancer. 4. An EP A study in non-human primates has shown that chlorinated water causes a depression of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) bound cholesterol, shifting the binding to the low-density form (LDL). I would be happy to supply the URL's to these web pages if requested. If chlorinated water were safe would we have a 30 billion dollar bottled water industry? Other remarks made by the city referred to well contamination. An EP A study done in 1993 and 1994 concluded that we are over 3 times more likely to contract a waterborne disease drinking water from a municipal water supply than from private wells. The threat of contamination has decreased considerably with the loss of farms, removal of phosphates from fertilizers, and new state run-off regulations. It was also mentioned that my well could go dry. You're kidding me right? The water table is so high, me and about 5 of my neighbors have flowing wells. I used a 5 gallon pail and a stopwatch to calculate that 2 and a half million gallons of water comes out of the top of my well every year. Mechanical failure. The worst thing that could happen to my well would be fuilure of the pump, which I could have replaced for about 500 dollars. It was stated by the City that I didn't have to hook up, yet the comprehensive plan states that it is the policy of the city to establish ordinance provisions that require connection of existing homes and businesses with private utilities to public utility systems, within a reasonable time after public utilities have become available. Ordinance 45, Section 18 Private Wells A, states, "Except where municipal water is unavailable, it shall be unlawful to construct, reconstruct, or repair any private water system, which is designed or intended to provide water for human consumption". B states, "At such time as municipal water becomes available to existing homes or buildings, a direct connection shall be made to such public system within a period of time as determined by the City Council". My question is, which Council? This Councilor the next Council? How many times will we have to fight this? The cost. With the assessment, hook-up fee, piping it 7 feet underground through my finished basement, it will cost me over $10000, probably closer to $15000. To be honest and truthful, the people who would benefit from such a loop is not the neighborhood that will have their streets tore up and pays for it, but the Buckbee Development, Lakeland Hills Addition, and the Elementary School. While side drilling is an option, the Mayor correctly sees that the roads are going to be tom up by the