Air bubbles in water due to treatment plant maintenance
November 8, 2017 at 10:00 am
That's the headline in a news release and the official announcement from our friends in the City of Mesa Newsroom.
Here's more:
"City of Mesa water customers who reside in the area east of the Loop 101 to Val Vista and north of Baseline Road may experience subtle cloudiness in their water from November through January. Residents can rest assured that their water is safe and continues to meet all state and federal water quality standards. . . "
That's officially announced by the City's newsroom mesanow.org
Two months of what the newsroom calls "subtle cloudiness" in the water when people turn on their home taps? Why?
Let's take a look to see how careful and edgy that statement might be in a temporary switch "to perform routine treatment plant maintenance"
Cloudy water can result when the Water Resources Department temporarily switches from surface water to well water to perform routine treatment plant maintenance.
Readers - and Mesa taxpayers who pay off debt service on municipal bonds and are charged monthly services on top of actual use - will note in taking observation at a Budget Pie Chart for FY2017/18 that water treatment takes a HUGE BITE out the $189.9M project budget in this year's fiscal budget - 66.3% or $126,000,000. Do we or do we not have a right, and an obligation by the city to provide, safe clean water?
WHAT? Two months with "bubbles" from water plant maintenance?
That's officially announced by the City's newsroom mesanow.org
Let's take a look to see how careful and edgy that statement might be in a temporary switch "to perform routine treatment plant maintenance"
Cloudy water can result when the Water Resources Department temporarily switches from surface water to well water to perform routine treatment plant maintenance.
Readers - and Mesa taxpayers who pay off debt service on municipal bonds and are charged monthly services on top of actual use - will note in taking observation at a Budget Pie Chart for FY2017/18 that water treatment takes a HUGE BITE out the $189.9M project budget in this year's fiscal budget - 66.3% or $126,000,000. Do we or do we not have a right, and an obligation by the city to provide, safe clean water?
WHAT? Two months with "bubbles" from water plant maintenance?
What kind of maintenance and what chemicals are they using?
Please Note: What the newsroom states that Mesa's water quality meets "all state and federal water quality standards" might be accurate but research study data suggests strongly there are potential hazardous substances in both well water and surface water that are not required to be tested every 6 months in the small number of monitoring stations.
There are a number of posts about possible water contamination both in surface water and in underground water from wells and aquifers.
There are a number of posts about possible water contamination both in surface water and in underground water from wells and aquifers.
"Cloudy water can result when the Water Resources Department temporarily switches from surface water to well water to perform routine treatment plant maintenance. In this case, the Val Vista Water Treatment Plant is having maintenance performed beginning November 17, 2017 and will return to regular service February, 2018.
3 months!
"Dissolved air is often found trapped in groundwater," Water Quality Supervisor Ken Marshall said. "Our water distribution system is pressurized, causing any air that is present in groundwater to remain dissolved in the water until the pressure is released at the customer's tap. Dissolved air can cause water to have a cloudy or milky appearance, but it is safe to drink and will not damage plumbing or appliances."
For more information,
3 months!
"Dissolved air is often found trapped in groundwater," Water Quality Supervisor Ken Marshall said. "Our water distribution system is pressurized, causing any air that is present in groundwater to remain dissolved in the water until the pressure is released at the customer's tap. Dissolved air can cause water to have a cloudy or milky appearance, but it is safe to drink and will not damage plumbing or appliances."
For more information,
call the Water Quality Division at (480) 644-6461.
Contact: Kathy Macdonald,Water Resources DepartmentTel. (480) 644-4364kathy.macdonald@mesaaz.gov
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