July 10, 2008--Alamosa's chlorine levels remain elevated (Alamosa Valley Courier)
Chlorine levels remain elevated in Alamosa’s water system as the city prepares to bring into full operation a water treatment plant that will allow the city to cut those levels in half. Alamosa Public Works Director Don Koskelin said on Wednesday that the water treatment plant should be fully operational by the end of the summer. The state should then permit the city to reduce its chlorine levels. The city’s water has been more heavily chlorinated since the salmonella outbreak this spring. The water treatment plant was already in the works as a result of more stringent arsenic standards from the Environmental Protection Agency. The city’s water did not pass those new standards so the city was mandated to build a water treatment facility to filter out the arsenic.
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