Editor:
Re: Two-tier system leaves bad taste, Jan. 10 letters.
I do sympathize with Michael King and his reflection re: our White Rock water supply and its owner, EPCOR.
White Rock City doesn’t own the water we drink from our White Rock faucets and never has.
1. Tastes bad when brewing coffee or tea. And I now have to use a water filter for finer use and sensitive purposes when water needs to be part of something.
2. Stains bathroom and produces buildup as never before chlorine.
3. Chlorine is not healthy. I am at an age when impurities in the drinking- or cooking-water supply as provided today is not desired and may cause health risk of cardiovascular nature. My skin is negatively affected, dehydrated.
4. Cannot as easy as before use water hose to clean my car… leaves stains on the paint on the exterior.
5. And foremost, water was one of the qualities weighing heavy when deciding to settle in White Rock!
Before EPCOR moved into their present situation, I was invited for a brief meeting and coffee by two ladies, both of whom were and still are (I believe) marketing executives in EPCOR. I was asked, for whatever reasons, if I had any idea what ‘people in White Rock would say, or how one was to react, should chlorine be introduced in the water supply’, at that time soon to become EPCOR property and responsibility.
I responded by asking, ‘Why? Why would you do that to a pristine, natural and non-challenged water supply? There are no risks that we know of and thus redundant and not a necessary action to be implemented on the part of your operations.’
The reply was from one of the ladies. In fact, both stated, ‘Chlorine is used in Alberta and Calgary and so on…’
My response on that comment was, ‘We are not in Alberta, but in White Rock where the water is natural, soft and nice and tasting very well. So why spoil our White Rock water with chlorine?’
It would be a great thing to read, as reply and comment to Mr. King’s letter to the editor, a comment or statement from EPCOR and not just a footnote from the PAN editor.
Johan Sandstrom, White Rock