Herald - Lantern - Dispatch 18 June '86 3

Stone Harbor Water Stays Sodium-High

By GREGG LAWSON CREST HAVEN - Stone Harbor's drinking water continues to exceed the state's recommended maximum level for sodium ( salt ) according to the latest tests released by the county Health Department. But the highest reading came from one of Cape May's three municipal wells. The state maximum is 50 mg/1 (milligrams per liter) and the federal recommendation for persons on saltrestricted diets is 20 mg/1. Samples taken by the county Health Department March 21 and 26 showed Stone Harbor's four municipal wells tested at 64.2, 58.8, 53.4 and 57.7. One sample in Cape May had a reading of 106. The other two were 28.5 and 48.5. The city took its own samples April 18 and got readings of 119, 30, and 14.3. Readings in Avalon hovered near the 50 mg/1

mark, at 40.9, 45.8 and 46.3, as did one reading in Middle Township, at 48.7. As required, the county issued an alert to physicians with patients on low-sodium diets that some communities have sodium problems. But county cardiologists Robert Sorenson and Suketu Nanavati have said in the past that levels of sodium in drinking waters are nothing to worry about. The Health Department is testing water on a quarterly basis. Now, however, it is only testing municipal wells and not private residences, as it has done in the past. "We discountinued that testing because it wasn't differentiating that much from other readings," said Environmental Program Administrator Clay C. Sutton Jr. "We've decided just to go right to the source." Public Health Coordinator Louis J. Lamanna said < sodium levels effect some people more than others.

especially those with diabetes and high blood pressure. "Hie Health Department is also testing for chloride, but readings are far below the 250 mg/1 unacceptable standard. For that reason, Lamanna siad, the department cannot pinpoint the source of the high readings. "We can't really put our finger on it and say it's salt water intrusion," Lamanna said. "The sodium was not necessarily from salt water, it could come directly from the aquifer." A recap of other communities from the March sample: Sea Isle City had readings ranging from 26.8 to 36.6. Ocean City: 28.8 to 29.9. Wildwood: 16.4. Strathmere: 33.1. Woodbine: 6.75 to 7.29. Middle Township: 7.36 to 10.1, except for Route 9 at Orbit Drive, 48.7. Lower Township: 2S.2 to 30.6.

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Avalon Mulls Plea On Saving Water

AVALON - Plans for a voluntary, boroughwide water conservation program and proposed beach protection work were among the topics of discussion at a recent council meeting here. Borough Council has proposed a resolution urging residents to limit nonessential water use, such as watering lawns and washing cars, to between the hours of 6 and 9 a.m. and 8 and 10 p.m. daily to help minimize demand on the municipal water supply. "WE'RE ASKING residents to cooperate with us and do what they can to conserve water, " said Council President Pauline Petrica. "This plan is in the best interest of the community because by practicing conservation we not only preserve one of our most valuable resources, but we also save money." Water savers for showers and faucets, which can be easily installed by homeowners, are available free of charge at the Avalon Department of Public Works and residents are encouraged to use them. Council is also studying a proposal for a resolution that will authorize beach surveying work and sand relocation for the erosionprone area between 8th and 22nd Streets. ••WE'RE STILL experiencing severe erosion at our north end, and the state's postponement of the Avalon-Stone Harbor

beachfill has left us vulnerable once again," explained Mayor Rachel Sloan in reference to the proposed work. A new traffic signal to be installed at 42nd Street and Dune Drive was also part of the meeting's discussion. The signal will be installed "before the summer season actually begins," according to John McCarthy, P.E., area traffic engineer for the state Department of Transportation, which recommended the installation after studying the area's traffic. "OUR STUDY showed that the total entering volume at 42nd and Dune was almost 10 percent greater than that at 42nd and Ocean Drive," McCarthy said. He said 42nd Street and Dune met state requirements for a major thorofare, while 42nd and Ocean Drive did not. "The signal at 42nd and Dune was recommended by the state DOT to improve traffic flow and we concur with them," said Councilman Richard Light. Repaving of six of the borough's tennis courts was also discussed at the meeting and officials expect the work to be completed by the end of June. "I've been told by our engineer that the courts should be playable by June 28," said Business Administrator Andy Bednarek. "The work has been delayed because groundwater levels at the courts were very high this spring.

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