To the editor:

Spring has finally sprung bringing with it all sorts of pleasurable outdoor activities. This again brings up the subject of powerboats and airplanes on Stafford Pond.  I am not against fishing, I fish myself.  I am against powerboats and airplanes leaking gasoline and motor oil in to my drinking water.

North Tiverton residents get their household and drinking water from Stafford Pond. We are trusting in the town government that we will be supplied with pure, clean water. Have we had coverups of accidental  spills and/or leaking of 50-100 year-old, out-of-code septic tanks?

We all should take a hard lesson from Flint Michigan! These poor families are at the mercy of their city government and their budget cost-savings decisions have sickened the entire community. Children with boils like the black plague, poisoned blood and iron residue in their brain cells. What are the long-term health repercussions for these kids?

Stafford Pond waters should be protected by law as a reservoir. The dollars poured into the “Save the Bay” project worked wonders.  The fish have clean unpolluted water and they are thriving.  Our kids are not that lucky. What is Tiverton’s backup plan once the pond water is compromised? I’m not sure there is one.

Clean, pure water will be the most valuable commodity in the very near future. Look at California, Las Vegas and Flint Michigan.

Come on people, I can’t be the only one that wants clean unpolluted water!

Christina Sharp

Tiverton