After a Year of Warnings, Families Turn to Filters
29.09.11
Last winter, Colleen Annantuonio and her tranquillize started buying bottled water for their family, instead of the water coming out of the faucets at their Milford home ground.
Colleen was pregnant, they had two girls under age 5, and they didn't impecuniousness to take a chance with the contaminant that the Milford Water Company had told them, through a cognizance, was present in elevated levels in their water.
A few months of that routine became wearing. So the family invested in an $800 filter system that protected their kitchen's water, including the con a aligned going to the refrigerator.
Last week, after getting their water tested and learning the contaminant straight remained well above the permissable amount, they did the whole house, installing a filter system that removes several contaminants and protects all points in the accommodate, including the shower and tub.
While not a cheap solution — the system charge almost $2,000, and was purchased at wholesale through a family friend — the Annantuonios now have tranquillity of mind.
Source: Patch.com
Milford residents call town to take over water system
30.09.11
Several residents recommended last edge of night that the town look into taking control of the water system from the privately owned Milford Water Co.
"As a personal water company, it's accountable to its board of directors or shareholders, not the village of Milford," Jason Puri, 38, said after a unconcealed meeting about recent water issues. "(A town-owned water supplier) would be more plain-spoken."
The water company was formed in 1881 to introduce water accommodation to the town and has provided water ever since, according to its website.
Colleen Annantuonio and Lisa Vasile, parents of students in the Milford approach system, organized last night's meeting in response to the water firm's violation of trihalomethane standards for the past three quarters. Trihalomethanes, which system when chlorine reacts with organic materials in the water, can lead to well-being concerns such as cancer if people are exposed to them for many years.
Vasile said she and Annantuonio organized the tryst to let residents know about issues with trihalomethanes and other chemicals in the water and to give them dirt on filter options.
Source: Milford Daily News