Leetonia should look for alternatives to Salem water
Leetonia should look for alternatives to Salem water
EDITOR:
I live in the village of Leetonia. Our town is in the process of purchasing water from the City of Salem. I have some concerns and questions that I don’t think most of the residents have considered or even know about.
Does anyone understand and/or realize the dramatic increase our water and sewer rates are going to take? It’s going to jump from $3.13 for the first 1,000 gallons to $17.90. Also, for each 1,000 gallons thereafter, it’s going to increase from $3 per thousand to $6. It’s going to increase to nearly $100 per month for the average family. That’s a huge increase. Leetonia’s water bills are already one of the highest in the area averaging $65 to $75 per month for a family of four. How are people on fixed incomes going to afford this?
Does anyone really think that we’re going to automatically have terrific water? NO. It’s still going to be run through the same old rusty lines that we still have and probably will have for the next 10 years. It’s just going to cost you a lot more.
I don’t understand why Leetonia doesn’t use some of the wells that we already have. We used to have some of the best water in the area when we used the wells located at the corner of Ridge and Water streets, and also the wells located at the McKeefrey farm. Why doesn’t Leetonia get those wells re-certified so we can use them and not have to pay the outrageous amount for Salem’s water?
They could also get the wells located on Pearl Street recertified and use them. They used the excuse that the land behind Pearl Street was farmed and was too high in nitrates. Well, that land hasn’t been farmed in years to the best of my knowledge. Wouldn’t the nitrates have dissipated enough over the years that we could now treat the water for it and start using hose wells again? If they can treat water from wells at the old town dump, they should be able to treat for the nitrates.
It seems Leetonia has many options available to it, but deemed the outrageous amount required for Salem’s water the only acceptable solution.
THOMAS FLUHARTY
Leetonia
Greed causes problems
EDITOR:
Why is their so much greed in our country?
Businesses are selling out their country for money. They take their company into another country, leave our people unemployed. They hire very young people, working some 18 hours a day for very little pay, and then bring their inferior product to the United States without paying a tax.
How much money does it take for a person to live? How many houses, cars, boats, planes does one need?
T.L. WERTZ
Canfield
Rocky road to progress
EDITOR:
My grandfather once told me that when he was a young man he could only drive his Model T at 15 to 20 mph because the roads were so rutted and filled with pot holes.
We certainly have made progress in 80 years.
BOB BAKALIK
Youngstown