SOPHISTICATED TREATMENT PLANTS CAN'T DELIVER THAT PURITY THROUGH AGING AND ALLREADY CORRODED, WATER DELIVERY SYSTEM TIME TO FACE REALITY AND REPAIR WATER DELIVERY BEFORE CANCER CONCERNS BECOME ECONOMIC DIASASTER TO THE WELFARE OF BAY CITY

The source of our drinking water is the culpritfor all these new fangled interventions.

Pulling water out of the bay so close to where the Saginaw River empties into the bay is crazy, if we want good drinking water in the first place. I believe the intake pipe is only 25-50 feet from the convergence of the river and the bay. And we all know what comes down the river from the water basin feeding it.

When we moved into Bay City, over 30 years ago, the county voters had just turned down an invitation from the Saginaw-Midland Water Authority to join the consortium for drinking water pulled out of Lake Huron, off the shores of Tawas. It was recently discovered the water is coming from an even deeper level in the lake, making it even purer than orginally estimated.

Purer water takes less chemicals, purification steps, man hours and machinery to provide the populace with healthy, good tasting water.

Numbers for cancer and neurological disorders are through the roof in our county. I know we can't just blame the water supply for these diseases: Though it's a logical place to put some of the blame for the chronic, life-threatening diseases that are far too common in our area.

What will it take to move Bay County to a cleaner source of drinking-water?

Thank you MyBayCity.com for keeping this topic up-front and up-to-date !!!!