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Originally Posted by Army_of_One  I just received a letter in the mail as did everyone else I'm sure saying that the water is not good due to something in the water in a higher than normal level. If you are deficient on your immune system or you have a child it says to consult your doctor but it says the water doesn't have to be boiled. What is the deal with this and is it something they can fix and if so what is being done to fix it? Are there any long term effects?
In my opinion this just adds another line to the answer of the question...WHY NOT DODGE? |
It happens quite often actually, it could be something as simple as the person taking the sample had dirty hands and got them in the sample water. If you read in your letter it says that it failed for
TOTAL COLIFORM not FECAL COLIFORM. They are completely different things. If it tested positive for Fecal Coliform then you and everybody would have a reason to be very worried.
Also, the letter stated that only a few samples failed out of the total of samples. I threw my letter away so I don't know the exact numbers. They are allowed to have something like 2 or 3 samples have total coliform out of the 20 or 25 samples. They had 1 or 2 samples more than they were allowed test positive for total coliform.