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WEBVTT OR USWITH BRAND NEW INFORMATION HE JUST GOT FROM THE PWSA, DAVID.>> KELLY AND MICHELLE. THIS HAS BEEN DONE OUT OF ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, WHAT THEY'VE SAID ALL ALONG. THERE HAS BEEN TO THIS POINT NOEVIDENCE OF ANYTHING HARMFUL GETTING INTO THE WATER. WHAT WAS PAT ISSUE HERE, WAS SOME INCONSISTENCIES WITH THE LEVEL OF CHLORINE THAT MIGHT BEGETTING INTO THE WATER. NOW, CHLORINE IS COMMONLY USED TO TREAT PUBLIC DRINKING WATER,THAT'S SOMETHING THAT ELIMINATES ANYTHING HARMFUL THAT MIGHT BE GETTING INTO THE WATER. SO IT'S A QUESTION OF THAT. WE'RE JOINED NOW BY THE INTERIMDIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING FOR THEPWSA. TELL US RIGHT NOW, WHERE DO THINGS STAND?>> THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE CONFIDENT THAT THE WATER SYSTEMIS DELIVERING GOOD TREATED WATER FROM OUR MAIN PLANT. WE'VE SHUT DOWN THE MEMBRANE PLANT, THE MICROFILTRATION PLANT UP AT HIGHLAND ONE SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SOME CORRECTIVE ACTIONS AND IMPROVE THE CHLORINATION SYSTEM THERE AND ALSO IMPROVE THE MONITORINGSYSTEM SO THAT WE CAN ANALYZE AND REPORT AUTOMATICALLY WHERE WE ARE WITH RESPECT TO CHLORINE24 HOURS A DAY. THE MOST IMPORTANT PART IS THATWE EXPECT THIS TO TAKE A FEW DAYS, NO MORE THAN A FEW DAYS TO COMPLETE. WE'LL BE MEETING WITH THE STATETODAY TO TRY AND CONFIRM THE ACTIONS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TOSEE, LET THEM REVIEW THE ACTIONS THAT WE'VE TAKEN. BUT AGAIN, THE WATER SYSTEM AT THIS TIME IS BEING FED BY OUR MAIN TREATMENT PLANT AND THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE CONFIDENT THATTHE WATER QUALITY IS EXCELLENT.IT'S JUST A MATTER OF GETTING THROUGH THESE TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS SO WE CAN RESTORE THE FULL SYSTEM.>> YOU MENTIONED TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS. WE TALKED ABOUT HOW THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, THE DEP, HAS THESE REQUIREMENTS AS IT PERTAINS TO CHLORINE LEVELS. CAN YOU JUST TALK ABOUT SORT OFWHERE THE PROCESS IS OF MAKING THESE FIXES AND ALSO WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT HOW THE WATER FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES IS OK AT THIS POINT?>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, IT'S OK BECAUSE IT IS MEETING ALL OF THE WATER QUALITY REQUIREMENTS FROM 0 YOUR MAIN PLANT. THAT'S THE ONLY SOURCE OF WATERTHAT'S GETTING TO THE PUBLIC. THE MICROFILTRATION PLANT IS PUSED TO RETREAT WATER. WE HAVE AN OPEN RESERVOIR AT HIGHLAND ONE AND THAT REQUIREMENTS US TO RETREAT THE WATER BEFORE IT CAN BE USED FORTHE PUBLIC. IT'S THAT RETREATMENT PLANT THAT'S GIVING US THE DIFFICULTY. AS OF YESTERDAY WHEN WE SHUT THE PLANT DOWN, WE WERE INSTALLING NEW COLORATION SYSTEMS AND NEW CHLORINE MONITORING SYSTEMS THAT WILL AUTOMATICALLY REPORT BACK TO, FRANKLY, HERE AT THE MAIN OFFICE SO WE CAN MONITOR THE CHLORINE SYSTEM MORE NAN WE HAVE IN THE PAST. BUT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO STATE THAT NONE OF THE TESTS OFOUR WATER IN THE SYSTEM SHOW ANY EVIDENCE OF ANY WATER QUALITY I AMPAIRMENIMPAIRMENT. SO THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE CONFIDENT.>> AS PEOPLE ARE GETTING READY IN THE LAST 12 HOURS, THEY UNDERSTAND HOW WATER PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THEIR LIVES. WHAT DO YOU WANT PEOPLE TO KNOWAS YOU'RE GETTING READY AND WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING AND THEYNEED TO KNOW. WHAT IS SOMETHING YOU WANT TO COMMUNICATE WITH PEOPLE AT HOME?>> I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT WE'VE TAKEN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, RECOGNIZINGS THAT SOMEOF OUR FACILITIES WERE KNOW THEFULFILLING THEIR JOB AND AT THIS POINT WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT WE'VE TAKEN THE RIGHT ACTIONS AND ELIMINATED THE SOURCE OF ANY PROBLEMS AND THATTHE PUBLIC AGAIN CAN BE VERY CONFIDENT OF THEIR WATER SUPPLY.>> BOB, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. THERE YOU HAVE IT, THIS IS AN ISSUE OF, AGAIN, THE CHLORINE, THE LEVELS THAT THEY ARARE MONITORING APPEAR TO BE OK ACCORDING TO THE PWSA. EVERY ACTION THEY'RE TAKING IS OUT OF ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION AS

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