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Harrisonburg utilities describe "moving target" turbidity event; staff to optimize backwash, test chemicals and evaluate future supplies
Summary
City utilities staff told council that a recent turbidity spike forced repeated filter cleaning and short runs, reduced treated-water production and drew down storage, and they described immediate and longer-term steps to reduce vulnerability.
City utilities staff gave council a detailed, technical account of a multi-day turbidity event that sharply increased raw-water turbidity and strained the water-treatment facility operations.
Mike Collins (public utilities staff) told council the plant is a Class 1 facility running multiple surface-water sources and normally operates near 85% capacity. He said the May event produced turbidity readings as high as 180 NTU at the intake and that the plant experienced shortened filter-run times…
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