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In article <1992Aug04.012135.12146@mongrel.uucp> amdunn@mongrel.uucp (Andrew M. Dunn) writes:
>>kzumy@watnow.waterloo.edu (Kazuo Uezumi) writes:
>>
>>   Someone said in a recent posting that Waterloo was getting their water from
>>the Grand... I hope not!  [...] I had also heard from another source that 
>>Waterloo Region gets its water from artesian wells near Cambridge.  From what
>>little I understand of the geology of the region, I can believe this... 
>
>I think there are a couple of plans afoot, from what I remember reading
>in the local papers recently.

Afoot? I though the "opening" of the Mannheim water treatment plant was
a big event here?!

>The first is to begin mixing Grand River water with that coming from the
>Mannheim wellfield, a series of artesian wells outside Mannheim which has
>supplied drinking water for the area for some time (Mannheim is just
>west of the bottom end of Kitchener... follow Ottawa Street westward
>from Fisher-Hallman and you'll get there).
>
>The second is an experiment; using the Grand River water to recharge
>the Mannheim wells by pumping the water into the ground.  In that way
>the Grand water gets filtered by the earth, and we get a better and
>more consistent supply of drinkable water.

The Mannheim is a very modern plant which uses ozone to treat the
water.  The treated water is being mixed with existing sources.

>The water supply has been scant indeed the past couple of summers...
>the wells just can't supply the area's demand anymore.

Hmm, I thought the papers said that the "current" supply was adequate
but that the plant was needed because of the expansion of the area.

>Thus the two
>schemes to increase the water supply without completely killing the
>quality of water (or the residents!).

To my understanding, the taste is a different matter from the "quality".
The water is first treated and hence is fit for drinking; the problem is
that its taste (and smell?) is not "acceptable".  Hence the need for more
chemicals to concoct a more neutral taste and smell.

Once again, anybody out there familiar with ozone treatment, mixing of
water sources, and taste "improvement" of drinking water?

Peter