Finished Water

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Finished Water: - Water is "finished" when it has passed through all the processes in a water treatment plant and is ready to be delivered to consumers.
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News archive for Finished Water::

Oil Spill Closes 80 Miles of the Mississippi River  -  Jul 24, 2008
Environment News ServiceThese systems have water reserves, but if the reserves run out, and sampling of the finished water shows elevated contaminants, contracts with the

Paris Water Utility Overhaul  -  Jul 28, 2008
MyWabashValley,John Acree, the project manager, said, "We pump the water about two miles to the treatment plant, process the water then we pump the finished water about 15

Hold off on using the water until bloom lifts  -  Jul 10, 2008
Lake Oswego Review,According to city officials, “This stringy-filamentous algae does not affect the quality of finished water and is completely removed by the water treatment

Contracts approved for city’s water woes  -  Jul 23, 2008
Bartlesville Examiner Enterprise,...use of chloramines to reduce the levels of disinfection by-products in the finished water, Water Utilities Director Mike Hall told the council Monday.

Construction begins on new, upgraded water plant  -  Jul 16, 2008
Creswell Chronicle,Planned improvements include a new membrane building to house membrane filtration equipment and new clearwell, water storage tank, finished water pump

Future Water: Slow equipment deliveries will delay Palatka's new plant  -  Jul 16, 2008
Palatka Daily News,Crews are refurbishing the old aeration tanks to store treated water, which will increase Palatka’s finished-water capacity by almost 1 million gallons.

Resident raises concerns over Swift Creek amendments  -  Jul 24, 2008
Midlothian Exchange,The treatment plant must meet strict EPA guidelines in the quality of its finished water, and if those guidelines are not met, then the citizens receiving

Rome’s Levy System Must Be ReCertified  -  Jul 15, 2008
Rome News Wire,Finished water would be sold to the Bank and then stored in underground aquifers for re-sale, largely to the Metro Atlanta area in times of drought.

Lamar under boil order  -  Jul 10, 2008
Joplin Globe,The city had drained its holding tank and clear well of finished water, and scrubbed them down in hopes of bringing the plant back into operation late

‘Stringy-filamentous algae’ clog treatment plants  -  Jul 10, 2008
Water Technology Online,...“This stringy-filamentous algae [bloom] does not affect the quality of finished water and is completely removed by the water treatment system.

End in sight after Airport delays  -  Jul 15, 2008
Destin Log,Schmidt said that’s because two drain inlets have been turned into manholes, but when work on the corner is finished, water will flow over the ribbon curb

Home Depot set to open 3rd store  -  Nov 18, 2007
Orlando Sentinel,Emmons took primary responsibility for the finished water main, force main and more than half of the conduit. Celebration Golf Club will start construction

Despite treatment plant, clean water still weeks away for residents  -  Nov 5, 2007
The Athens News,That's to make sure that the C8 has been reduced to the point where it can no longer be detected in the finished water.

Lake Springfield to stay closed during power plan cleanup  -  Nov 12, 2007
Chicago Sun-Times,...night's firefighting effort, but city utility officials said finished water quality tests from Lake Springfield indicate the water is safe to drink.

Lake Springfield closed to boaters during explosion cleanup  -  Nov 12, 2007
WTHI,But City Water, Light and Power officials say tests for finished water quality from Lake Springfield, taken yesterday, indicated the water is clean and safe

Gaza residents feel pinch as Israel's grip tightens  -  Nov 3, 2007
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription),A putrid smell fills the air as sewage trickles past half-finished water treatment projects and out into the Mediterranean Sea. Since June, the number of

Water use reduction requested  -  Aug 14, 2007
Cullman Times Online,An average of 12 million gallons of raw water a day was drawn from the lake in July, while an average of 10 million gallons of finished water was sent

Meredith ban on most outside watering lifted  -  Aug 21, 2007
Laconia Citizen,Raw and finished water pumps switched on and off out of sequence due to a malfunctioning DCA alarm, which was also replaced. A solenoid switch on treatment

Q&A on chloramine  -  Aug 10, 2007
Penn Live,...that facilities are effectively and reliably operated to produce finished water that meets all current Pennsylvania standards for safe drinking water.

EPA lauds infrastructure success at Erie drinking water facility  -  Aug 1, 2007
U.S. EPA.gov (press release),The facility supplies most of the finished water to reservoirs and tanks which serve the City of Erie and outlying communities.

Aquafina labels to spell out tap water source  -  Jul 27, 2007
CBC.ca,In some cases, where water is already free of dissolved solids, two litres of water may be needed to produce one litre of finished water, the CHMC says.

Meredith watering ban still in place  -  Aug 7, 2007
Laconia Citizen,2 to 25 feet, which recovered to 28.8 feet by the next morning; interviewing plant staff; checking the raw and finished water meter operations;

At a glance  -  Aug 7, 2007
Muskogee Daily Phoenix,Authorizing Ideal Construction Co. to proceed with emergency repairs at the water treatment plant to include repairs to the 30-inch finished water line and

Scottsdale growth means more thirsty people  -  Aug 5, 2007
East Valley Tribune,The city stores finished water in two existing five-million-gallon reservoirs for such instances. Workers are already in the midst of building a third,

Bottled versus tap  -  Jul 26, 2007
Portsmouth Herald News,At the Portsmouth station he's always coming across half-finished water bottles. And the recycling bins are filled with them. "Funny we didn't deal with

First 5K a `humbling experience' for local sports writer  -  Aug 5, 2007
Quad-Cities Online,I'm sure now that Ness and Coach Laurel were using a finished water-station crew to dupe me into walking faster. They also somehow convinced my addled brain

Transportation Security Officers Get Explosives Training  -  Aug 7, 2007
KSL-TV,Or all the bottles of HALF-finished water needlessly thrown away before getting in line? The obvious answer to KSL's question is....Not much.

Children and adults should read for fun  -  Jul 31, 2007
Deseret News,She just finished "Water for Elephants" and is listening to the recently released Harry Potter tome on audio book. "Jim Dale's narration is sheer genius.

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