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875 Worton Park Drive <br />Mayfield Village, OH 44143 <br />October 12, 2001. . <br />State Senator: District 22 <br />Ron Amstutz <br />State House <br />Columbus, OH 43215-0604 <br />Dear Senator Amstutz: <br />It has been over six years that I became a resident of Worton Park Drive in <br />Mayfield Village, Ohio. I moved to .this lovely ar.ea for my children to grDwup in a <br />wonderful community and have a safe environment to reside in. <br />Since 1995 when we moved in, my family has experienced rusty water that <br />would periodically appear. At times it would be for days and other times only last a <br />day or one-half hour (after running all faucets for 30 minutes or longer). Numerous <br />calls would be made to the Village to find out if they knew of any.thing we could do. <br />Sometimes we were told to check the fire d.epartment and see .if the hydrants were <br />being flushed anywhere nearby. Other times we were told to have the city water <br />- department com.e.out and check the hydran#s. So; 1would have the city vuater <br />department check to see if the water was safe to drink and their response was "yes", <br />even though it Joo.ks rusty it's okay to drink. My .respanse was "Would ya.a gi.ve your <br />babies or children that to drink?" I worry about my children's allergies and especially <br />my daugh#er's as#hma. I can'# belieue tha#.r.usty wa#er as :good .for any of us to drink. <br />After several complaint calls concerning the rusting water and visits from the <br />city waterdepartment, our hydrant was.changed in the zhopes #his wouJd help our <br />situation. Still, bouts of rusty water would appear, at times so bad, that the rust <br />residue wpuld paant my black tap drivewa.y red uuhen the hydrant -was flushed, as uuell <br />as rusty toilet rings, and bathtub residue. Not to mention all the trips to the drug store, <br />grocery store for bottled wa#er to drink, cook an, arad brush our teeth. <br />Another visit from the city water department was made to check the terrible <br />sputtering noises from the toilets, faucets, and washing machine,.led.one <br />representative to hook up my garden hose to the hot water tank and bring it outside to <br />drain. The rep told me "Do that once or tvvace aweek and you'II have no.probl$ms." <br />Was he crazy? With the kind of area we live in and taxes we pay, I was to do this?