water from the well only for

water from the well only for one or two months in the summer when the spring runs dry. The spring has been dry now for seven months and the well has been pumping all that time.” The mayor referred to a promised geological survey that the town requested over a year ago. “Since we were unable to get them (the health department) to hurry up and do it. we had to do the best we could without the survey. One well we drilled did not produce enough water. To drill the well we’re working on now we had to locate General Berry and purchase a parcel of land from him by phone.” Miller said that other possibilities the council had explored were buying water from a commercial vendor to put directly into the reservoir and the alternative mentioned before: treating available surface water for town use. “Every time we get somewhere on a solution, we’re slapped in the face with another bureaucratic obstacle,” Fisher said. He reported that there were problems with transporting water even from another approved municipal water supply. “Then you’ve got problems with approving the carrier. It can be done but it takes time, for example, to flush out a milk truck under health department supervision.” Kramer asked if they had investigated purchasing water from a commercial water vendor carrying already approved ' water in an approved manner. “Yes, we have,” Miller said. “The problem here is getting a tractor-trailer up there. We couldn’t guarantee a rig making it on the road to the reservoir, and who wants to risk his rig for a relatively small amount of money?” “If someone could cut a road above the reservoir it could be done,” Kramer said. “What kind of money are we talking about?” “We could get 5,000 gallons for $90 - $100 a day,” Miller said. “We’re willing to pay but we haven’t been able to interest someone in it. The one man who said he might be interested lost interest after I reported the condition of the road.” Ryan said, “I just can’t