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No additional tests for contamination were done following the complaint, he said, since previous tests had indicated the presence of the bacteria. It would have been an unnecessary expenditure of taxpayers’ money, he said, “because we knew what the outcome would be.”
The state Health Department does not, as a matter of policy, Mr. Shepherd said, recommend the use of springs as a water supply because of the questionable quality of the water. He acknowledged that “a few communities,” — including Washington, Virginia — use such springs for their public water supply, “but they are subject to a rigorous testing process, and come from well-pro
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