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I have not noticed anything, but that has been reported to be a
characteristic of water from the Susquehanna. I have heard that the
City is getting ready to design and build a purification system to
utilize Susquehanna water all the time. The rationale is that this
way, the reservoirs will stay more full as a drought approaches, and
therefore the City will not need to draw as much Susquehanna water when
the drought comes and more Susquehanna water is needed by other users.
It makes sense to me.<br>
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When I moved to Maryland in 1966, the New York / New Jersey region was
in the midst of a drought, and there were messages at the bottom of
each column in the NY Times telling people to conserve water. Here,
they were saying that if the drought lasted much longer, they would
have to use Susquehanna water and might have to put in restrictions.
Of course now there is a much bigger population using Baltimore City
water (remember, the City supplies the County and then some).<br>
<br>
I have read stories of how a whole family would take baths once a
week. When I was a child, a shower every other day was the norm. Now,
we all shower every day. So using lots of water is the norm -- about
100 gallons per person per day. Fortunately, we live in a region with
plentiful water. California went bananas when it had a 5 year drought,
but the tree ring records show 100 year droughts there.<br>
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So I do not know if we are now using Susquehanna water, but if we are,
that will explain what you have observed; when the City improves its
water system to use Susquehanna water all the time, it will be using a
purification system better designed for that specific water, and that
will bring improvement.<br>
<br>
Steve.<br>
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<div>Over the last few weeks, we have noticed a very light brown
water coming from the taps....not a nice site. We have new interior
plumbing, and have noticed some work being done on the streets...anyone
else getting slightly dirty water? </div>
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