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Council seeks expedited water tests after resident claims E. coli contamination
Summary
After a resident alleged E. coli contamination in Mabton's water supply on social media, council asked staff to expedite lab testing and promised to share results with the public; staff said routine residual checks have shown no contamination so far.
A council member put an allegation of possible E. coli contamination in the city water on the meeting agenda after receiving a resident report. City staff and the contracted water operator said they had collected samples and were expediting lab testing; staff (Mari) told councilors staff expected verbal results the following morning and would distribute official lab results once received.
Council member S3 said the report came directly to them and they had immediately asked for a special meeting, and staff reiterated daily chlorine residual monitoring has shown no indication of contamination at the system level. Mari told the council she had spoken with the contracted operator and asked for expedited results; "the best thing that they could do is to have those results by tomorrow morning-ish," she said. The council asked staff to publicize test results promptly and to follow public-health reporting rules if any positive findings appear.
