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The village has sent by regular post, a notice dated 12/14/11 concerning September 2011 "more than two" coliform incidents involving our drinking water. The notice was not received until today. As many people simply throw out these notices, we felt it was important to scan it and place it online. Click on the image to the right.
What the hell do they mean: "more than two". How many? Spell it out!
ReplyDeleteLinda
How long did they wait after they discovered coliform to look for ecoli, does anyone know?
ReplyDelete"OUT OF 22 SAMPLES TAKEN, MORE THAN TWO OF OUR SAMPLES SHOWED THE PRESENCE OF TOTAL COLIFORM BACTERIA"
ReplyDeleteHow many exactly? Saying *more than two* looks like they don't want you to know how many of the 22 showed the coliform bacteria. That's not being honest.
How come residents are being asked to post this in nursing homes and apartment buildings? Shouldn't the village be doing this?
ReplyDeleteThis notice is very strange and confusing. If the problem has been "resolved", why are we being asked to "share" this notice with people who "drink the water".
ReplyDeleteI have a feeling they should have told us or maybe were required to tell us about this alot sooner than late December????????
I heard within 30 days. Can anybody confirm?
ReplyDeleteLinda
This is why chlorine is added. Hope this puts an end to those silly people (and a current official) who think we can bottle our water and sell it in gerry jugs.
ReplyDeleteColiform bacteria are a commonly used bacterial indicator of the sanitary quality of foods and water.
ReplyDeleteColiforms can be found in the aquatic environment, in soil and on vegetation; they are universally present in large numbers in the faeces of warm-blooded animals. While coliforms are themselves not normally causes of serious illness, they are easy to culture and their presence is used to indicate that other pathogenic organisms of faecal origin may be present. Faecal pathogens include bacteria, viruses, or protozoa and many multicellular parasites.
Let's not forget that Croton's water comes from underground wells. Those faeces come from animal droppings (deer, birds, etc.) that pass through the soil with rain and snow. Don't be fooled by those who mislead you by stating that the soil filters the impurities. Even Boy Scouts know enough to add chlorine or boil water to remove the faecal impurities.
I recall an old pipe at the west end of the Route 129 bridge over the resevoir where locals went for the "best tasting water" in the area until the Westchester County Board of Health plugged up the pipe due to untreate water!
Chlorine or boiled water kills the bugs but the dead residue remains. Ugh!
Get a filter if you want clean water and be glad the Village adds chlorine! Perhaps a little ZOP would help reduce the lead!
Gee they're always talking about they save money by going paperless, lol, and one would think that in addition to this snail mail note, they would have sent it out by email too. Hmmmmmmmmmm...
ReplyDeleteIf the village really wanted us to know about it, we would have learned about it a lot sooner than almost three months after the fact AND it would have been emailed or telephoned. It's apparent they did not want us to know and probably only told us now because they had to AND there's no meeting for a few weeks. I guess they counted on people being too busy with the holidays as well.
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