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From: Dick & Judy Rogers (SMTP:RJ ROGERS~NETZERO.NETJSent: Friday, April 29, 2005 11:59:56 AMTo: secretarySubject: Fw: case UWI-w-04-
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I sent to Gene Fadness of your office and now I am
the public comments with respect to the proposed
Dick Rogers
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From: "Dick & Judy Rogers " -(rj - rogers ~net zero. net?To: "Gene Fadness " -(Gene. Fadness~puc. idaho. gOV?
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 6:48 AM
Subj ect: Re: Your query to the Idaho Public Utili ties Commission
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Thanks for the information and I fully understand the information about
sharing the cost and how the supreme court has ruled. However United
Water is a lot different system today as compared to when the supreme
court ruled. When the court ruled United water served customers here in
Boise and the entire system was tied together via several pressure zones.
I do not think the supreme court ruling would apply today as United water
as acquired over the last several years several water systems in Ada and
Canyon counties and they are not connected to the primary Boise servicearea. I really don t think the supreme court would say the residents of
Boise should share in the costs for upgrading a system in Eagle, Canyon
county, or Lexington Hills.
I don t think it is fair or appropriate for customers in the Boise service
area sharing costs associated with these satellite systems. A lot of the
systems they have acquired were in poor shape and in desperate need of
repair and renovation to meet today ' s standards. Some of the systems
probably didn t meet minimum standards when they were constructed over
years ago. The people living in these substandard systems should bear thecosts of all upgrades. The money United water paid for these systems
should have been used to pay for upgrades hopefully it did.
Gene, in closing I think you should know that my comments are derived from
my 28 years of work experience at DEQ as a PE working in the public water
supply program