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City attributes summer ‘musky’ taste to algal compound, plans chlorine dioxide and other treatments
Summary
Staff said summer odor and taste reports were linked to MIB from blue-green algae and said the utilities department plans to bring a chlorine dioxide unit online and evaluate activated carbon filters within a year.
LAREDO — Laredo Utilities staff told the advisory committee that an increase in summer complaints about musky odor and taste in tap water is linked to MIB, a compound associated with blue-green algae, and outlined near-term treatment upgrades to address the problem.
“It's called MIB. It's a fingerprint of blue green algae in the river,” Dr. G said during the meeting,…
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