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What's All That Water For???

9/11/2024

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  An Oracle resident asked some pointed questions about the huge water download from an Oracle fire hydrant.  Below is the email in full with minor edits.
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Hi friends!
  There is another concern in town that people continue to come to me about.
  You have probably noticed the water trucks and tankers filling up there trucks in front of the trailer park coming into Oracle. This has been going on for months now. 
  The rumor came out that it was water going to the construction site for the electrical project Sunzia (sorry if I spelled that wrong)! I have talked to a few of the truck drivers and they did confirm it was the Sunzia project.
  The county passed the buck to the Az Water Company, so I called them to ask a few questions.
  I talked to the office supervisor and he said it was an account that he couldn’t discuss. But without confirming it, he didn’t deny it was this project. I asked him about our water table being affected and reminded him of the Wilcox water debacle (running out of water). He said that only happened because they are a farming community.  We do not have to worry about that happening in Oracle.  He also said he could provide us with studies they have done to prove this.
  He was very cooperative and (I) felt confident he was being honest about it. I did tell him it was terrible that a company/project that the residents of Oracle fought against is now taking hundreds of thousands of gallons of water from us!!!
  But in the last couple of weeks, after I spoke to him, it seems they have totally ramped up the trucks coming into town. It’s not just all day Monday through Friday, they are now filling up all day Sat & Sun! It’s not just rental water trucks and an occasional tanker truck, it’s  now several different tanker trucks a day! Sometimes 3 or 4 trucks are lined up! 
 
I just wanted to share this with you and ask if you have any real concerns about this?
  I will include some pics of the trucks.

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Drew Mansager
11/8/2024 09:43:43 am

Similar action at San Manuel water tank.

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Drew Mansager
11/8/2024 08:28:09 pm

Less obvious, at San Manuel water tank and South Main Street. Draining water is continuous.

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