Aqua NC installs 11 new filter systems to address discolored water issues
Aqua North Carolina has installed 11 new filter systems to address discolored water problems for customers in 11 water systems within Gaston, Johnston and Wake counties, the company announced Thursday.
Posted — UpdatedThe new systems remove iron and manganese, which are minerals that exist naturally in the groundwater throughout North Carolina.
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, these minerals don’t affect health, but they can discolor water and affect its taste.
The new filters improve water quality for a total of more than 1,500 residents in the following communities:
- Galloway – Wake County
- Hampton Park – Wake County
- Mallards Crossing – Gaston County
- Ogburn Farm – Wake County
- Shadow Lake – Johnston County
- Shannon Woods – Wake County
- Stonehenge – Johnston County
- Stoney Creek – Wake County
- Surry Point – Wake County
- Village of Wynchester – Wake County
- Wilders Ridge – Wake County
The total cost of all 11 filter installations was estimated at nearly $3.9 million.
Aqua serves 250,000 customers in 51 counties statewide.
Aqua officials say the utility has spent millions of dollars in the past couple of years to filter out the iron and manganese – the company also has used chemicals to mask the discoloration – and they said the efforts will be more than enough to meet any revised EPA standard for manganese in drinking water.
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