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One day after the health department advised people in Three Rivers to avoid drinking tap water, businesses are working on ways to keep their water clean and safe for customers.
WOOD-TV said the advisory was put in place Thursday after tests by the city found lead levels that were higher than the state’s action level. The city said six homes — out of 47 tested — had lead levels over 15 parts per billion.
Mayor Tom Lowry said the advisory is forcing people to find alternative ways to cook, drink and even brush their teeth.
Twice last month, untreated wastewater was discharged into the St. Joseph River, causing the health department to issue a no-contact advisory.
WOOD-TV reported that to keep their water clean, most business owners said they are using filters, which the city and health department are providing to residents for free, and testing kits, too.
Lowry, meanwhile, said the testing was put in place after a state mandate from three years ago.
This was predictable. Name the town that spends their tax dollars on pro-actively updating all their infrastructure. They spend it on sports complexes and amptitheatres and festivals and self-congratulatory festivals and celebrations all while handing out business tax abatements. Gee what could go wrong?
Now residents will pay outrageously increased bills while having to pay for water filtration systems in hope they can stop the poisoning of their families in their homes.
And it only took three years after testing was mandated for the city to test just 47 homes.