Small Community, Big Problem

Recently, an article came across our desk about the water quality in the small community of Wake Forest, NC. The 100+ homes in the neighborhood must contend with discolored water that often contains sediment as well.

 

According to neighbor Wendy Callahan, “Some days we’ll get relatively clear water, but you just don’t know until you turn on the tap.”  President Tom Roberts of the water provider, Aqua North Carolina, calls it an “aesthetic issue” that is not health-based.

 

"We try to treat the most sufficient way we can," Roberts said. "A lot of times that's by adding a sequestrant, which is an additive that keeps it in suspension so it's invisible to the customers."

 

Sequestrant? Invisible? We looked up “sequestrant” and it does not look very appetizing.  Chemical #sequestrants are often used in treatment projects to remove contaminants that adversely affect taste, odor, and color of drinking water.  They do not remove, reduce, or solve the problem; sequestrants appear to just mask the underlying contamination.

 

Obviously, this is a small water treatment facility serving just over 100 homes, much like many smaller communities and towns across the nation.  Typically, small community water utilities are inspected at some regular interval, but they simply do not have funding to provide the optimal water filtration solution for you, their customer. Adding a Multipure Drinking Water Filtration System would provide a buffer to help protect consumers from ingesting many of the “irregularities” that occur between inspections and maintenance cycles.