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<br />NEED USED pressure filter 1/4 -1 MGD or more.
<br />Contact: George Talbottm YMCA - Longmont
<br />303 - 485 -4865
<br />162 - 5/8x3/4 Badger water meters, 12-1 " Badger water me-
<br />ters, and 3- 11/2" Badger water meters for sale for $600.00.
<br />All meters are used and in good condition. Contact Willie Lay-
<br />ton at 719 - 775 -855, the Town of Limon.
<br />Wanted: Totalizing Flow Meters, used 2,4,6 and 8 each
<br />Phone 303 - 261 -9440
<br />Peerless Pump - 50 H.P. Marathon Motor. In line unit with
<br />control panel - Brand new, still on packing crate. 2 -15 H.P.
<br />Marathon Peerless Pump - In line unit with control panel.
<br />Contact: Town of Grand Lake - Bill Hagemann. Phone 970-
<br />627 -3936 or 970 - 627 -3435. Fax 970 - 627 -9290.
<br />New Berkley Centrifugal Pump
<br />Model: B1 - 1/2 TPMS, B.M. #858088
<br />10 H.P. 208 - 230/460 volt, 3 phase, Frame #213JM
<br />Contact: Norman Noe, South Swink Water
<br />719 - 384 -6747 evening
<br />719 - 469 -5031 daytime
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<br />By JerryBiberstine
<br />You remember that pesky lead rule. The one actually called
<br />the Lead and Copper By- Products Rule. Remember the fun
<br />you had implementing it? Finding enough homeowners that
<br />would take tap samples at 6 in the morning? Checking that the
<br />samples were taken with the proper flushing procedure, and
<br />overnight standing time? Calculating the 90th percentile, and
<br />matching it up with the Action Levels, to find out if you were
<br />in compliance, or not? Going to corrosion control, or replacing
<br />lead service lines?
<br />We thought the issue was pretty much put to rest. Systems
<br />that had problems had dealt with them. Sampling was show-
<br />ing that systems were in compliance with the Action Levels. We
<br />were even considering asking EPA to back off on the sampling
<br />requirements, in light of all the new requirements that are com-
<br />ing. Well get ready. The fun is about to start all over again, and
<br />as usual it is D.C. that is pushing the issue.
<br />In August of 2002,Washington, D.C.went out of compliance
<br />with the lead and copper action levels. Their chosen course of
<br />action was do some corrosion control and to begin replacing
<br />lead service lines. From here the problem only gets worse. The
<br />public notification was not properly done,taps were apparently
<br />not being monitored properly,and the treatment plants decided
<br />to change to chloramines for disinfection. No one thought to
<br />check on the effects of the treatment changes on the corrosivity
<br />of the water in the distribution system. High levels were being
<br />found everywhere.
<br />The District, under pressure from EPA started doing more
<br />sampling. So far,at least 157 homes have been found with levels
<br />over 300 ppb. The Action Level is 15 ppb. There are so many
<br />buildings with lead pipes, lead service lines, and complicated
<br />services, that it was found that after flushing for the standard
<br />one minute, the lead levels were still going up.
<br />Keep in mind that high lead levels cause a multitude of
<br />health related issues, including loss of IQ, hypertension, etc.
<br />Personally, I always felt that lead levels in D.C. were one of the
<br />reasons Congress often acts the way it does. Now, Congress is
<br />taking EPA to task over the lead issue in the District's drinking
<br />water. But, as usual, they don't want to address the problem,
<br />which is D.C:s non - compliance. Theywant EPA to overhaul the
<br />entire Lead and Copper By- Products Rule. And, of course, they
<br />have suggestions on what the rule needs to be, regardless of the
<br />consequences on the utilities or the customers they serve.
<br />Here are a few of the "suggestions" that Congress has put
<br />into a letter to EPA Administrator Benjamin Grumbles,with the
<br />final recommendation that "EPA should reopen the rule to ad-
<br />dress these issues
<br />1. An enforceable MCL for lead and copper, instead of the 90th
<br />percentile Action Level.
<br />2. Houses found to exceed the Action Level must be supplied,
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