Dear KN Group,

Let's talk about water. Let's talk about why just about every city
in the Northeast has murky water. Let's talk about what little ole
us can do about it.

First and foremost, Fred as usual is half-right. I'll give Fred his
due: when it comes to identifying problems he's top notch. When it
comes to understanding them, and fixing them, he has a ways to go.

The water's nasty. I voted no in the poll. By the way, tourists
don't care and don't know. To be rather candid, if you ever cleaned
your favorite restaurant, you'd never eat there again.

Why is the water nasty? Simple, it's the delivery system. The
reservoir is clean, the treatment center is clean, the pumpout is
clean. The pipes are not. By the way, 2 or 3 years is what you
need just to get the project specs out to fix the problem. This, by
the way, is CSO's in reverse.

You can't clean the underground water delivery system, probably
unchanged for decades, by throwing magic fluid down there. You must
test, remove and replace.

Oh by the way, that's test remove and replace when there's no
frost. What comes when the frost leaves? That's right, the
tourists do. Dig up Thames street on a July afternoon, I dare you.

In all seriousness, the following would have to happen:

1.) Commit to do the project
2.) Talk to other communities about length and cost of project
3.) Plan for the cost
4.) Bid out the design
5.) Get bids
6.) Rebid the design after that section comes in over budget
7.) Bid the rest of the project and repeat step 6 as necessary.

The first shovel hits the ground in 2006, the project is complete in
2027. If we're lucky, 2017.

The water just isn't as murky now, is it?