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Council waives bidding to buy gas chromatograph as water department moves to speed taste-and-odor testing
Summary
Bloomington authorized a waiver of formal bidding and approved a purchase agreement to buy a gas chromatograph for $163,991.10 to run geosmin/MIB tests in-house, part of city efforts to address recent taste-and-odor reports tied to lake source changes.
The Bloomington City Council approved a resolution waiving formal bidding requirements and authorized the city manager to enter an agreement to purchase a gas chromatograph for $163,991.10 from Midwest Lab Solutions to allow in-house testing for taste-and-odor compounds affecting the drinking water supply.
Water Director Ed Andrews told council the city has met all state and federal safe-drinking-water parameters but has received multiple complaints about taste and odor tied to elevated geosmin and MIB levels after the system switched water sources because of falling lake levels. Andrews said current laboratory testing is…
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