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Mr. Es;pejo March 2 :i, 11)80 Page 2 any area ha!: :: clamp odor after only a few days, which will be eliminate'' through normal drying procedures. in this light, wce;ilr - had numerous dehumidifiers, fans, wet: -vacs, and "mildew 1f`ting" sprays of n commercial grade utilized in both the n .. t-tments and the hallways to take care of this problem. 5. One apartment had grease in their lines and it created a situation in their own sewer lines due to improper util- ization of their own cause. This was taken care of approx- imately thirty (30) minutes after they notified us of the problem. 6. Again, the same apartment had caused the hack up and blockage of their own sewer line by pouring grease doom their drain. To the best of my knowledge, that was not a prevalent problem that had not been taken care of as you stated. Site Observations I strongly question the observations that you made in this paragraph, in that if there possibly was sand on the floor it was caused by the normal back up of water through sandy type soil and also from flowing across carpets that have some built -in residual sand through normal wear. I do not feel that the resident could quite quote that sand came up out of the toilet because this does not make very logical sense to me, does it to you? A sanitary sewer line and a storm sewer line are two completely separate items and it is very difficult for me to realize how sand can get into a sanitary line unless it was put there by the residents themselves. However, we do realize that numerous apartments, after the water backed up, did have sand on the floors, which would be a very normal occurence due to the type of soil and the residual sand that would be carried by the water, and also would come through the carpets and would be found there on the floor. The residents you stated that had frequent back ups and also stated that the bathroom hack up occured one month ago; again, we have no doubt that in a complex of this size that we do have occasional problems with the sewer lines, most of these being caused by the mis -use and abuse of the premises by the residents in the individual units. Ninety -five percent of all sewer back ups (and I am sure if you check with other owners you will find the same) are caused by grease, diapers, toys, tampex, and other items that any intelligent person would not put through their own sewer. As far as the rotted wood goes, I have checked each of the apartments and I propose, that if vou would be willing, I would be happy to go through the units with you. To the best of knowledge, we found no rotten wood in any of the unit:- or any where on the premises, but did find some damp wood which is in t'• process of drying. 43