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Town crews respond after mapping error pushes chlorinated water back into system; SCADA and backup power flagged for repair
Summary
Wallsburg staff reported an incident in which mapping errors during the water system cutover caused chlorinated, stagnant water to be pushed back into the distribution system; the town flushed and chlorinated sections and scheduled SCADA troubleshooting and possible battery-backup replacement.
Troy Ossler, staff member, briefed council members on a water-system incident during the Sept. 5 meeting in which an incorrect valve mapping and cutover sequence caused stagnant, chlorinated water to be drawn back into the distribution piping.
"What they did was with the mapping... they were trying to pump water into the old tank…
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