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North St. Paul resumes chlorination after bacteria tests detect contamination; city to continue testing
North St. Paul City Council · January 21, 2026
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Summary
City staff said recent road and waterline work likely introduced bacteria into the distribution system; the city resumed chlorination, plans several weeks of testing, and warned residents about brown water and laundry precautions.
City manager said recent road reconstruction and associated waterline work likely allowed organic matter into the distribution system and that routine testing detected bacteria in the system.
"We did start chlorination. We had it in there for about what four or five weeks ... we did take that off last week, did…
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