Stay Out of Wisconsin
3b: Water & Wood County Health Dept
Stay Out of Wisconsin
DOCUMENTATION SUBMITTED BY ARENDT: NONE
The facts in re Mr Arendt's misrepresentations, cherry picked facts, & lies about water & Wood County Health Department
Arendt wrote: “A complaint was made that the water in her unit was unsanitary."
I'm pretty well convinced that Arendt wouldn't tell the truth about yesterday's weather.
I never used the word unsanitary. However, unsanitary would apply unless you think chunks of iron in your glass of water is a clean, healthy beverage and showering in the water on the right is a a good idea. Because, after all, this is just how things are supposed
to be for tenants in Wood County, Wisconsin.
I emailed
Wood County Health Dept with a question asking to whom I should direct questions regarding water quality. Nancy Eggleston
at Wood County Health called it a complaint.
For anyone, but especially as a close-call invasive breast cancer survivor, it seemed...just plain asinine to drink, bathe, brush teeth, cook with iron that tested anywhere from 667-6,667% OVER the level generally recognized as safe by the EPA. (June, July, August).
The water from each tap varied day by day, hour by hour. Clear looking water tested at 2.00 ppm not 0.30 ppm EPA GRAS. See the wide variety of "water" from different taps below.
Arendt wrote: “The water is tested each year at the well head...."
I'm only shocked that Five Skies chose to comply with DSPS and/or Wood County regulations. Oh, wait....apparently there is no regulation to test wells unless: first drilled or pump is changed & then ONLY for bacteria.
Pipes are required to bring the water FROM the well TO the pumphouse and FROM the pumphouse TO the unit as Arendt, Five Skies & virtually every sentient human being well knows & Nick confirmed in his emails of:
5/10 The water issues must be related to the pipes in the trailer itself and the new lines should remedy that.
7/01 If the water remains unimproved, it may be necessary to replace lines below ground. We will determine how best to approach that situation if the need arises but if that is the case, we may have to terminate your lease because we would not continue to rent....
Did they hop right to it and assess the problem or correct the problem? No.
Delbert & Joey looked at the water on 7/16, said nothing & walked away. From 7/17 - 9/10 I heard not one word from them via email, phone, text, or in person: 56 days. They demanded full rent for August having completed exactly none of the necessary structural repairs.
Arendt wrote: “...and the water was subsequently tested outside faucet (sic)
and was found to be within acceptable levels by the Wood County (sic)."
The outdoor water connection did NOT test at an acceptable level, Arendt. It tested at 0.4 ppm not 0.3 ppm.
One test from one tap does not reflect the situation in the unit as it has been documented again and again to Five Skies from 5/10 - 9/11. Five Skies knew the problem in March but failed to tell me about the problem before they rented it to me in April.
Arendt wrote: “….indicated that the water posed a health risk, which it was later determined did not.”
Wood County is concerned ONLY with coliorm bacteria and nitrates. Nancy Eggleston wrote on 10/04:
"Potable water is water that is free of coliform bacteria and safe for nitrates, and is an enforceable standard."
and
"Your landlord is required to provide water that is free of coliform bacteria."
I guess anything & everything else in the water is considered all good with Wood County "Health" Department.
Tests for iron & nitrates do not require a waiting period & can be assessed immediately. Coliform bacteria does require a waiting period to allow bacteria, if present, to grow. Ms Eggleston wrote "We are asking your landlord to test your water for bacteria and nitrate since you stated you had a sewage leak after your well was tested this year." I have to guess, again, that this is what Arendt is referring to in the sentence referenced above.
I laughed out loud when I read Ms Eggleston's passive voice closing: "In the meantime, it is recommended that you let your water run for a bit before collecting it for drinking or washing to reduce the amount of visible iron in this water. You may want to note if the iron problem is worse with your hot water vs the cold water."
"Clear" water tested at 2.0 ppm not .03 ppm. Running low on bottled water, I let the water run a lonnnng
time and the result was orange & white rice when cooked.
I drew three clear looking buckets of water for the garden, and the bucket on right was the fourth. Same thing happened during showers three times after I let the water run clear a lonnnnng
time. The clear water before a shower tested
at 6.0 ppm - 2,000% over GRAS. At the end of a shower in clear looking water - it tested at 2.0 ppm, i.e., 667% over GRAS (0.3 ppm). The drain catcher reveals what showering in clear water left in my dark blonde hair. How much iron was absorbed into my body through the pores of my skin? I'll probably be setting off metal detector alarms for the rest of my now shortened life. How much metal would you like to drink?
Whether drawn from hot or cold did not matter. Replacing the hot water heater was the first task done by the off-the-books plumber. Have to guess, again, that the older one had rusted out causing the leak.
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Arendt wrote: "“She then refused access to the unit to allow the landlord or Wood County the ability to inspect, and test water from inside the unit…””
That’s a lie too, Arendt.
At NO time did Wood County Health Dept request access to inspect/test water INSIDE the unit because they don't test water IN units.
As Ms Carlson states in her email "tests are done from the wells, not the homes." It's pretty damn obvious that one does not drink, bathe, brush teeth, cook, etc. from the well itself.
Pipes are required to bring the water FROM the well TO the pumphouse and FROM the pumphouse TO the unit as Arendt, Five Skies & virtually every human being well knows & Nick confirmed in his emails of
5/10
and
7/01. Nick claimed that the unit's new pipes "should remedy that." The new pipes failed to do so & his solution was to terminate my lease because they "would not continue to rent the unit until that issue is remedied..."
They should have done that BEFORE they advertised it as "available now."
Five Skies' lack of interest or action in any
assessment of the problem leaves me with but one conclusion:
Nick knew there was a problem with iron in the unit's water. The toilet bowls I discovered on 4/27 make any other conclusion ridiculous. Did he respond to my 5/10 email with WHAT? There's iron in the water?
No. He wasn't surprised at all that massive quantities of iron were in the water. He just wrote that the "new lines should remedy that."
Not "will remedy that" - but "should."
They knew there was a possibility or probability BEFORE I moved in that the new lines might not correct the problem & they had no intention of correcting the problem. They said the unit was "available now" on 3/24. They did not inform me of the fact that the unit's new pipes might NOT correct the iron problem which they also omitted from their conversation with me on 3/27 and in all emails prior to my decision to rent the unit on 4/16. They expected me to pay full rent despite Wisconsin laws re abatement and their legal responsibility to correct problems. I call that fraud.
This water is potable according to the Wood County Department of Health. Maybe it's just good enough for mere tenants? Approximately 1/3 of residences in Wisconsin are tenant occupied.
I'm new to Wisconsin. Is this how things are supposed to be done here?
Scofflaw landlord hires a scofflaw attorney to lie his bloomin' head off to a government agency & that's okay because he's an attorney?
A dishonest landlord who can't be bothered to perform repairs in accordance with the Uniform Dwelling Code, Dept of Safety & Professional Services (DSPS) or comply with Wisc Chap 704 so they’d prefer just to get rid of the old lady who dared to think that she was moving 200 miles to expand her business but loses her license due to their effort to save a few bucks by not bothering with
► obtaining building permits for plumbing or stairs
►completing necessary repairs to door and windows
► hiring a plumber off the books who can't be bothered to show up for appointments or to finish the job (in part becausehe was in jail for felony stalking) while leaving the tenant with no laundry, no outdoor tap, and this water for 6 months:
Based on Arendt's email to the DATCP:
He is knowledgeable about everything pre-Day 1 of my tenancy and all days to the last. However, neither he nor Nick & Joey knew that I had already constructively evicted myself.
Credit where credit is due: Arendt does work very
hard to cover landlord's buttocks with lies, hogwash, & deception while padding a fraudulent claim with extra dollars.
Is this how things are supposed
to be done by a member of the Wisconsin Bar and Officer of the Court?