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Wallsburg reports chlorination event, SCADA alarms and continued work on water tanks
Summary
Council and staff updated residents on recent water system issues: a pump/mapping error caused chlorinated stagnant water to be pushed into distribution, crews flushed and dosed the system, SCADA alarms and battery backup issues remain under repair.
Wallsburg staff reported at the Sept. 5 council meeting that recent work on the town water system led to an unintended push of chlorinated, stagnant water into the distribution system, that crews have been flushing and dosing the tanks, and that the town is scheduling repairs to SCADA alarms and battery backup systems.
Town staff described the sequence that caused the issue: during work to bring a new upper tank online, crews were unable to pump water up the hill from the well…
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