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The operator of the Caterpillar 304E2 CR mini excavator tunnels backward through a hill to maintain gravity flow for the 2-inch drinking water supply line. (Photos courtesy of Onsite Engineering)
A homeowner wishing to sell an adjoining property in Saranac Lake, New York, called the state Health Department, which regulates the Back Bay Homeowners Association’s private drinking wells.
His call yanked the finger out of the regulatory dike. Built in the 1920s and ’30s,...