Email from Arjav From: Arjav Krishna [arjav.krishna@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2016 8:00 PM
To: Laufenburger, Denny
Cc: Tjornhom, Bethany; Ryan, Elise; McDonald, Jerry; Campion, Dan
Subject: Chanhassen West Water Treatment Plant on Lake Harrison Road
Dear Mr. Mayor Denny Laufenburger
My name is Arjav and I am a resident of Lake Harrison Circle. I am 10 years old, I have lived
in Chanhassen for more than six years and I am writing to you about the water treatment
plant that you plan to build in my neighborhood.
First of all, the water treatment plant is going to use chlorine. This is going to be dangerous
for us. Less than two months ago, an accident happened in Arizona. Here is the link that
you can view. http://www.12news.com/news/local/valley/chlorine-leak-prompts-
evacuation-of-several-peoria-homes/280316586. As I learned in Chemistry, some pure
elements on the Periodic Table can be lethal and chlorine is one of them. A more dangerous
situation could arise in Chanhassen but it can be definitely avoided by using a different way
to treat the water. We all know that chlorine gas is bad for people. If you are going to put a
chlorine gas plant, then everyone is going to leave. You are going to do this in a
neighborhood where almost every single house has at least one kid. Why do you plan to do
this? How can you call Chanhassen the "The best place to live in Minnesota" when there is a
water treatment plant using chlorine gas in a residential area?
One of the reasons I like the neighborhood is that there is nothing that looks industrial. I
like biking in the neighborhoods in the summer and playing with my friends outside both
in the summer and winter. But if you put the water treatment plant, you will change a
mostly natural place to a half industrial and half natural. That does not link up! Why don’t
you put the plant in a place that is already an industrial area? There are definitely such
areas in Chanhassen further away from neighborhoods.
Finally, please take a moment and put yourself in our place. Would you want an industrial
plant in your neighborhood? No one would, so why do it? Why not put it in an industrial
location? That is where it is meant to be.
In conclusion, please consider putting the water treatment plant in a different area. If you
cannot find another place, then you must definitely look for safer methods of treating the
water for the sake of our health and those of the families in our neighborhood. if you are
going to spend money to put something that people are protesting against, then don't do it.
Please do something about this, otherwise you will lose a lot of your population and
Chanhassen will no longer be “The Best place to live in Minnesota”. Everyone is against the
plant in the middle of houses, so please don't do it.
Sincerely yours,
Arjav K.
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ARJAV K.
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