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Wallsburg water system: interim chlorination after mapping error, SCADA and backup issues flagged
Summary
Town staff described an unintended contamination event tied to construction/mapping errors during a waterline cutover; crews chlorinated and flushed the system, and staff reported SCADA false alarms and a nonworking battery backup during a power outage.
Town staff updated the council on recent water-system problems that prompted interim chlorination and operational fixes.
Public-works staff described a mapping error during the water system cutover that left a valve improperly shown on plans. As a result, contractors pumped chlorinated, stagnant water toward a partially completed upper tank, shut the well off, and allowed chlorinated water to be drawn back into the system; residents reported a rotten-egg smell at…
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