ALLIANCE, OH — An off-taste and off-odor to this city’s municipal water has continued to linger since an algae outbreak late last year, but now officials from the Alliance Water Department are moving toward a solution, saying the situation is improving, according to a March 2 CantonRep.com article.
CantonRep.com reported that while city administration officials declined an interview offer on February 27, they supplied details from a recent community forum on the issue. A PowerPoint presentation by Water Treatment Superintendent Dean Reynolds pinpoints the culprits as algae byproducts or metabolites called methylisoborneol (MIB) and geosmin.
The city has addressed the increased algae growth with additional powdered activated carbon. The system serves 10,000 people.
Ohio regulatory officials said the water is safe to drink.
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Thursday, March 5, 2009
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