Sewage on my Lawn for 18 days; 47 days to repair almost to Code
8/22 - 10/07

18 days of sewage approximately 7ft x 4ft on my lawn between bedroom (office) & bathroom windows.  Just a few feet from my office window, the stench was overwhelming & nauseating.
  • 8/22:  a pipe from neighbor's unit to septic tank broke; 
  • 8/24:  pipe re-connected by off the books plumber, Kurt
  • 8/30: Kurt returned, fiddled with the pipe & left.  Sewage continued to spew.
  • 9/03: Sent letter (excerpt) to Five Skies including statement that sewage had been on my lawn since 8/22.
  • 9/06: My letter to Five Skies LLC was received via USPS priority mail.
  • 9/08: Sewage was on still on my lawn, i.e., 18 days.:  Kurt hosed sewage into the lawn & connected the outdoor water tap.  Bleach should have been applied per DSPS code, but was not done.

 The pipe was not properly capped when I moved in; it was covered with a very old & cracked/broken Folger's coffee canister. 
  • 10/04   I wrote to the Wood County Depart of Health to ask who was in charge of water quality.
  • 10/07  Kurt reappeared to repair the pipe cap to code 47 DAYS from broken pipe 8/22.  
  • This work was done by the same off the books plumber, Kurt Wilkinson, who replaced some or maybe all of the pipes in my unit without a permit.  Is it to code?  Can't know as no permit = no inspection
  • Neither he nor Five Skies made any attempt to assess the iron problem or correct the iron content of the water that flowed from every tap every day from since I moved in on 4/27.
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  • Arendt (atty) claims in his response to DATCP that sewage was on neighbor's lawn. See same tree in next photo. His statement is false.

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  • Tree in front of kitchen window next to steps to #6

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