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State Forces Alamosa To Accept Chlorinating & Testing Of Water

By Marler Clark LLP

<p><img width="287" vspace="5" hspace="5" height="300" align="left" alt="" src="http://media.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/content/img/photos/2008/03/26/326ALAMOSA__t220.jpg" />Eight months after the town's public water supply was found to be responsible for a salmonella outbreak that made <strong>more 400 people sick and contributed to one person's death,</strong> Alamosa, Colorado has reached an agreement with the state Department of Health and Environment for regular testing.</p> <p>Denver's <strong>Channel 7</strong>, the local ABC affiliate, says the town and the state agreed last week to a plan that will see Alamosa chlorinating its drinking water and using a sensitive test for organisms.   The plan  stems from the outbreak of salmonella this spring that spread through the city's tap water system.</p> <p>Before the outbreak, the city <u>did not</u> chlorinate its water, but now agreed to do so at the rate of 1 to 2 milligrams per liter. </p> <p>The agreement also calls for <u>at least 10 tests per month</u> of its water for a bacteria found in feces and at least 10 tests every three months for any organisms in the water.</p> <p>Alamosa's new water treatment plant was in the works before the outbreak occurred.   It was constructed primarily because of the town's need to control levels of naturally occurring arsenic.</p><img src="http://feeds.lexblog.com/~r/SalmonellaBlog/~4/507364898" height="1" width="1"/>

Full post as published by Salmonella Blog on January 09, 2009 (boomark / email).