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F Upset Stoneridge residents (Continued from page 1) too much water on his lot..His septic tank has And they never thought the "bu- Cose, after meeting with William Cypher, Lewis Sr. near the corner of Bird Road and failed,with sewage backing up in his bath tub. reaucracy" would refuse to solve the problem; deputy director of the county's public works then Highway 50. Willimar Estates also was to But, as he graphically will explain, the in fact, order them to keep the raw sewage department, requested all modified ponds be include a motel, service station, restuarant and tic tank failed in late November, months from flowing from their flooded septic systems restored to their original configurations, ponds exclusive homes. Before the grading for that Before the flooding. « or face fines. used as horse corrals in the dry months be dis- project, Stoneridge was a lake—an unsued Both the Duffs and the Kellys hope to "We called the local health district and ced and horses not allowed and improvements sump area. speak about theirs and others' drainage and told them that the sewage was flowing to the be made by the county to the roadside drain- What angers Kelly and others is the sewage problems at Thursday's San Joaquin surface," Duff said. "The standing water was age ditches. county supervisors' approval of Stoneridge County Board hearing on Carnegie. They want a health danger, one pet cat already had died Cose said those remedies would eliminate during Ripon Supervisor Adrian Fondse's term the supervisors to hear about the "track re- from drinking the water. all the problems. on the county board. Water level tests were cord" of Cose and Dave Olmstead, two Tracy "The health district officer just warned us Kelly, who has put together a file of pa- taken during the 1977 drought and the subdivi- developers who want to place a rural resi- not to take the covers off the septic tanks. He pers and reports on the subject believes Cose is sion approval was "political," residents said. dential, commercial and industrial devel- told us to keep the sewage underground or "blowing smoke trying to get out of taking re- They question why no drainage system was re- opment in the hills,southwest of Tracy. else. sponsibility." quired. The Stoneridge families' complaints cen- "How can you do that when the water He has charged the subdivision was ap- Cose's solution to Kelly's problem septic ter on'`passing the buck." table is at the ground level?"Duff asked. proved by the county against its own planning problem of last winter was to add additional "Nobody will take responsibility for what The angry home owner does not believe regulations. Under a 1972 county ordinance if leech lines.That apparently did not work. we have," Kelly said as he showed more than the analysis of the subdivision's problems as the water table at any time is above five feet . The Kellys and Duffs said they are upset a half dozen residential lots which are nder given by Cose. of the septic tank leech lines, the septic tanks that Cose set up a Jan. 15 meeting with home water in the subdivision. "Cose says iV is a At a Feb. 23 meeting, Cose said the drain- cannot be placed. owners but he failed to show (Cose said he was county problem; the county says it is a state age ponds were built to county specifications "Any contractor should have been well in Carmel but brother Paul Cose was in atten- oblem; the state says it is a county health for a 10-year flood. The theory was the storm aware that when the water table is less than a dance). oblem and the local health district says it is drain water would be held in a resident's lot. foot deep in winter, septic tanks do not work," They are angry they have to pump water r problem." Cose said two problems have occurred Kelly said. "Our problem isn't the only one, out of their lots every time it rains. None of the complaining residents, who with the county's drainage pond concept used Some residents have had septic tank failures said to number about two dozen families, on all rural.residential homes (RR-65). Home since 1979." And they are furious they have to have r ught they would be fighting back flood wa- owners have modified or filled in their ponds Stoneridge was developed on acreage the smell of raw sewage in their living rooms. s when they bought their $110,000 country and 1983 is not a 10-year flood, but perhaps, a which had been planned during the late 1950s "Nothing can be worse then when you mes back in 1979 when the subdivision was 100-year flood. Water is flowing downhill from as a nine-hole golf course. It was part of a can't flush your toilet," Duff groaned above ginally developed by Cose and Olmstead. other lots into those along Grant Line Road. planned developed, that would fail, by William the din of his pump.