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Stacie Hoskins
From: AI Scalf
Sent: Wednesday, July 06,20058:25 AM
To: Stacie Hoskins
Subject: FW: WaterforMarrowstone
FYI
AI
-----Original Message-----
From: Leslie Locke
Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 4:23 PM
To: AI Scalf; Mike McNickle; John Fischbach
Subject: FW: WaterforMarrowstone
From: Ralph G. Rush [mailto:rgrush@olympus.net]
Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 2:51 PM
To: Lorna Delaney
Subject: WaterforMarrowstone
Dear
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Dear David,Phil and Pat,
Marrowstone Island desperately needs PUD water. Washington State and Jefferson County agencies
all agree that for health and fire control purposes the Island must have public water. Only a small
minority of residents are opposed; they sued and lost. Now some Port Towsend activists, with
possible influence in Olympia, are fighting us tooth and nail to prevent the building of the approved
water system. They claim that the PUD is not adequately addressing the environmental issues. They
are wrong. The PUD is managed by a licensed civil engineer with extensive experience in water
system design including environmental issues.
The wife and I are in our 80s. We have lived on the Island for 30 years and for over 25 years I have
been in the business of raising shellfish: oysters, clams and mussels, in Kilisut Harbor, for sale retail
and wholesale (W A State Lie. 505). We have an unblemished record with the State. Shellfish require
a very clean environment, the very best conditions including healthy sea water. A State agency each
month routinely tests the water quality in Kilisut Harbor in and around each commercial shellfish
operation.
We are true Environmentalists - -we have to be. We are also water Conservationists. When we first
moved here we drilled a well and found good water and an ample supply. We had no water problems
for the first 15 years, but as more homes were built on the Island and wells drilled, we had to use more
and more treatment. Four years ago we had to abandon the well because of salt water intrusion. We
began using our son's well - - he has a summer home near by. However, due to the droughts of the
last three years this well is nearly dry. The well is pumped into a 1000-gallon holding tank by a "smart
pump", but even that does not provide a adequate supply for two adults. We now buy and haul PUD
water to fill the tank every 8 or 10 days. We use about 100 gallons a day; we shower every third day,
flush only when necessary and wash clothing in Port Hadlock with PUD water. We have a catchment
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We strongly object to the pseudo-environmentalists like Port Townsend's Nancy Dorgan and Paula
Mackrow trying to tell us that we should not have PUD water on the Island. If they want to be
constructive and help the Island's environment, they should help us maintain our 1 in 5 acre Zoning
already in place. If Port Townsend did not have public water, I'm sure these ladies would not be
protesting Port Townsend building a water system to serve them.
Sincerely,
Ralph Rush
5003 Flagler Rd.
Nordland , W A 98358
(360) 385-4609
7/612005
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