The people on the mountain top are running out of water.
On Monday, the water levels in the German settlement tank and Snow Shoe tank were at 13 and just more than 5 feet, respectively.
We need water.
Some residents suggested trucking water from Bellefonte, which has an abundance of clean water thanks to the Big Spring.
It would cost $300 per 5,000 gallons of water to get it hauled to the mountain top from Bellefonte, said Archie Passuello, who’s on the water authority board.
Schmoke, vice chairman of the board and Pine Glen fire chief, said they’re also so far away from other water systems that they wouldn’t be able to pipe it in.
The authority might get into a situation where it needs to look for new wells, authority board member John Rigg said.
Another issue is that about 50 percent of the authority’s water is lost through leaks or it’s unaccounted for or unmetered.
The entire system is made up of more than 100 miles of pipes, and the daily usage averages 365,000 gallons.
To replace every line on the mountain top would cost hundreds of millions, said Jim Yost, authority board chairman.