Water
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and Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA), along with making
checks of their own, including the
inspection of basin areas for possi-
ble contaminants.
A coliform test, which checks for
the presence of bacteria is also
performed once a month.
“If we do get a complaint of dirty
water from someone,” Salla says,
“we check the water of other people
around that particular home. If no
one else has the same problem, then
we flush the one main. And we
usually respond in 20 to 30 minutes.
We are extremely service-ori-
ented.”
Residents of the Dallas area seem
content with their service and had
no complaints of the company at all.
“Our water is excellent,” Bob
Pugh of 96 Peartree Lane said.
“We’ve been living here for nine
years and we’ve never had a com-
plaint. When we lived in Trucks-
ville, prior to moving here, the
water was really bad. We never
drank it. But, we haven’t had any
problems here.”
Said Ruth Jacoby of 73 Church
never had a problem.”
Added Edward Dexter, 61 High-
land Blvd, “Our water is good.
Once in a while, we lose pressure.
But, it’s been much better the past
couple of years.”
Not all the comments were favor-
able, however. Residents in the
Shavertown area say there water is
sub-par and would like to see it
upgraded.
“The water is fair, but it could be
improved,” George Chapman of 54
W. Center Street said. “We put in a
filter system to help purify it. But
the meter man comes around and
he seems concerned about the prob-
em.”
Larry Newhart, 10 Roushey
Street, also describes his water as
“fair” although neither he nor his
wife drink it. “It’s got an awful
taste,” Newhart said. “They put too
much chlorine in it or something.
But, it’s better than it used to be,
although it could be better. And it’s
expensive, too. We average about
$60 a quarter.” 5
Customers serviced by PG&W
have been complaining for years
about the quality of water they have
been receiving, culminating in the
1984 giardiasis outbreak which
affected over 400 people.
The company is currently in the
process of reviewing plans covering
areas such as water quality, water
demand and the possibility of treat-
ing water from different reservoirs
at a single filtration plant. But, for
now, water quality remains a prob-
lem.
“We use it (water) for cooking,
but for a glass of water, forget it,”
Melrose Luzetski, 75 Oliver Street,
Swoyersville, said. ‘“When my
daughter complained, all they said
was that there’s nothing wrong, it’s
okay. My son-in-law goes for water
at Francis Slocum and that’s what
we use for drinking.”
‘““We don’t drink our water,”
Michael Savakinas of 398 Charles
Street in Luzerne said. “We use it
about it.”
A West Wyoming couple, who
asked not to be identified, say they
haven’t drank their water since
1983.
‘“‘Sometimes it’s brown, some-
times it’s blue. It’s terrible. We use
it for washing and cooking, but we
have no choice.”
Added another Luzerne woman,
“They (PG&W) have you over a
barrel. I was shocked when the PUC
went along with the people.”
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deciding vote when a tie or split
occurs among board members. He
does, however, have control of the
police department. But, like most
governments in the Back Mountain,
he relies on various committees to
provide a smooth running operation.
“The council has committee
chairmen who take care of various
departments like the police and
road divisions,” LaBar, who is in
the first year of his second four-
year term, explained. ‘They report
to the supervisors on what’s been
going on. We, in turn, offer sugges-
tions and criticisms, but whatever
we decide is in the best interest of
the people.”
One concern council does have to
deal with is the limited amount of
funds for various projects.
“Sometimes you find yourself
wondering why you don’t do certain
things,” LaBar noted. ‘There are
some things we’d like to do concern-
ing drainage problems and eye-
sores, sprucing up the town and
patchwork. But we have to take
care of the most imporant things
first and make sure our people
receive the best possible service.
That's the way councilman Ray
Jones at Harveys Lake Borough
describes their government’s efforts
in taking care of its residents.
“I dont think council is a good
way to describe us,” Jones, who is
the financial chairman, stated.
“If I had to describe the way we
operate, I'd say we are a great
team. Everyone works together out
here. Rick Boice and myself gener-
ally get knowledge of whatever
problems come up first because
we're right here. But if we’re not,
someone else is. Then we get in
touch with everyone else (there are
seven members on the board) and
usually we can work it out in a few
hours.”
Jones says that once in a while
board members do have disagree-
ments, but not because of political
reasons, which is often the case,
and whatever decisions are made
are done as a body and for the good
of the town.
“Years ago they did have squab-
bles because some people had big
egos. Not only here but in other
places, too. And, if you really exam-
ined why people did certain things,
you would find it was for their own
personal gain or because they had
inflated egos.
“Here we do express our view-
points, but we’re all interested in
one thing, and that’s serving our
community the best way we can.”
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of heat, electric, water, garbage,
telephone, sales tax on his new car,
business mileage figured at 21
cents, then we added to those depre-
ciation, dues, insurance, mortgage
insurance and office expenses.
Since Joe had paid no social
security tax — we had to figure
that, self-employment tax, it’s
called.
It was now 2 a.m., Monday morn-
ing, that is! Were we done — indeed
not! Joe had dividends, savings
account interest and other income
to include. We went to another box
and dug out his reports from the
stock broker, realtor (oh, yes, our
friends own property other than
their own) and bank interest. This
took another hour or more. By this
time, my husband was sleeping on
the livingroom sofa (he doesn’t do
income tax — that’s not his job, he
says) and Jane was making more
coffee. At this point, it would take
more than coffee to keep me awake.
It was then I made a major
decision! I turned to Joe and said,
“We have been friends for years. If
that status is to continue, I have a
suggestion. I have listed all your
assets, expenses and depreciation
items. Part of your 1040 form is
filled in. Later today, call an
accountant, (I'll give you the name
of a good one) make an appoint-
ment and let him finish this return.
It’s 6 a.m. and I work tomorrow. So
does Jane and so should you. So, go
to bed - I’m going home.
“It’s later than you think! To you
taxpayers out there who haven’t
done your return - don’t call me -
call the IRS!”
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