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Waterlines, March 2016
MPWC Water Quality Standards
By, Richard Spafford, PE, Director of Engineering, Merchantville-Pennsauken Water Commission
The town of Flint, Michigan is still reeling from the contamination of its water supply. By switching water supplies and introducing a more corrosive water into their distribution system, the utility exposed thousands of residents to water with high levels of lead. The city’s residents put a lot of faith and trust in their water supplier to provide them with safe drinking water each and every day. The utility not only needs to permanently fix the problem, but regain the trust of its customers.
