Water Quality Update

Miami County RWD No. 2 would like to give a brief update to our customers in regard to ongoing changes within our source water. Over the past few days, we have received reports from customers throughout our system of an earthy/musty odor within the drinking water. We are attributing these issues to a rise in non-harmful algae within Hillsdale Lake. This algae produces geosmin, a naturally occurring compound known to produce an earthy/musty odor within source waters. Staff have taken additional steps to combat these odors using increased activated carbon absorption ahead of our dual media filtration processes. We are working to solve this as soon as possible. Please continue to report these issues so that our distribution operators can flush any lines within our system. Your water remains safe to use and drink.  We continually monitor water quality throughout our treatment facility and will keep everyone informed as things progress.

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