» Pineview Estates:

State sets deadline for owner to make repairs amid EPA violations.

Residents of the mobile home park want changes in the wake of EPA violations,

— Duane Glidewell MIAMI TWP. is afraid to use the water at Pineview Estates, which has been the source of multiple EPA violations this year.

Glidewell moved back to the mobile home park at 5730 Farmersville-West Carrollton Road to live with his mother after last month’s death of his father. While the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency said Pineview’s water has been safe to consume since it got involved in 2009, the 35-yearold said it has a “brown tint” and he doesn’t want to take a chance any more.

“When I moved back, I thought the water issue was handled,” Glidewell said. “So I used a little of the water and now I regret it every day.”

Following a water main break Aug. 3, Pineview has been under a constant boil advisory, according to the OEPA. That wouldn’t much impact 11year resident John Camden. He has not consumed its well water since he moved in, calling Duane Glidewell is avoiding the water at Pineview Estates, which he says has a brown tint.

it “filthy, nasty, dirty.”

The OEPA has given Pineview owner Tim Dearwester until Sept. 15 to comply with nine orders – including installing a new well and fixing a backup well − or face fines of up to $12,000 and risk the case being referred to the Ohio Attorney General’s Office. Attempts to reach Dearwester on Friday were unsuccessful.

That mandate for the 200unit park came just days before the water main break earlier this month interrupted service. It was repaired within days, prompting the boil advisory that had been maintained as a precaution, according to OEPA spokeswoman Dina Pierce.

Another water leak occurred Wednesday, requiring more testing and an advisory extension, she said. However, boil advisories are not

effectively communicated on a consistent basis at Pineview, Glidewell said.

“It seems like the trailer court owners don’t even care about their tenants,” he said. “It seems like when the water goes down, they don’t even give us a notice any more. They used to give a notice when they were going to turn our water off. They don’t even give us a boil notice when they get the water fixed.”

Glidewell and Camden both said they would like more answers from management or ownership.

A woman at the park’s management office said Friday she deals only with rent collection and is not responsible for handling maintenance issues.

“It’s been an issue that’s ongoing and needs to be resolved,” Glidewell said of the mobile home park’s water system. “Because if the water is unsafe to drink, they need to give us a boil notice. If the water is not working, they need to notify EPA. They need to do a lot of things because a lot of people can get sick really quick.”

He and Camden said they both use storebought water. But Camden said there are times when using the park’s water is unavoidable.

“I’ve got to shower with it,” he said. “I’ve got to bathe with it.”

The water’s discoloration, Pierce stated in an email, can come “from minerals/metals such as iron or manganese. Neither of these typically cause health issues and, in fact, are necessary in small amounts for good health.”

Whatever the source of the color, Camden said it soils his bathtub, sinks and toilet.

“It’s just a big inconvenience,” he said. “I’d just like to get some answers. And no one has given me any answers. And that’s the bottom line.”