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Water operator recommends smaller dosing container after chlorine potency drops
Summary
Water operator Matt Garden reported chlorine dosing potency loss over months and recommended switching to a smaller coring container so residuals don't dissipate; he said a gallon jug "takes me about 8 months to go through" and potency can fall about "40%" after three months.
At the Aug. 3 work session, Matt Garden presented a monthly well/water update and recommended using a smaller coring/dosing container to preserve chlorine potency between operator visits. Garden said a one-gallon jug "takes me about 8 months to go through" and that "after about 3 months, it loses about 40% potency," arguing a smaller container would not degrade as quickly.
Board members noted that changes to dosing require a licensed water operator to make adjustments and discussed the logistics of maintaining residual chlorine levels while the principal operator is on vacation. The surveyor was later in town to finalize the road to the well as part of the broader well project.
The discussion focused on operational fixes rather than capital spending; no specific procurement amounts or vendor names for the coring container were recorded in the transcript.
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