Public water hook up criticized
I wrote a letter to the Perry Township supervisors and to members of the Perry Township Municipal Authority, North Fayette Water Authority and Fayette County commissioners.
In the letter dated April 5, I referenced an April 25 article in the Herald- Standard entitled, “Water Authority Working to Fix Storage Tank Leak.” The article states that it would cost approximately $26,000 per house to install public water lines on the section of Banning Road where I reside.
Considering that the township already found money to have sewage (which is more expensive to install than is water), I do not see how this is reason to deny the project. The money is obviously there for such a project.
The same article also stated that someone would be in contact with me regarding the letter and how I could find more sources of funding. To date, I have received no response from anyone. This is the job you were elected to do, and the residents of Banning Road are some of the constituents you were elected to serve. I do not appreciate my concerns being ignored by my elected officials.
I am also copying state Sen. Richard Kasunic, D-Dunbar, on this letter, as I have also learned that through his actions, he was able to get public water brought to Dunbar on Balaban Street where his son had just bought a house. It is my hope that he will give the residents of Banning Road the same consideration and treatment he showed to his son.
The need for public water on Banning Road is even greater now considering that seismic testing will begin in the next few months to pave the way for future Marcellus shale gas drilling, according to an article in the newspaper published on April 3.
While Rod White stated that there will not be any danger to the well water supply in the area, this has not been the case in other areas where fracking is occurring, and there is little reason to believe that Perry Township will see any different of a result.
The township has been well aware of the “water problems” on Banning Road for years and has done nothing to even attempt to fix them.
Amy Ulery
Dawson