{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-blog-post-js","path":"/posts/2023-06-02/what-is-happening-in-the-water-plant","result":{"data":{"graphAPI":{"blogPost":{"id":"26","title":"What is happening in the Water Plant?","description":"As most of you are aware there have been some odors and coloration issues in the water. ","heroImage":{"id":"61","url":"https://website-media-east-montgomery-co-mud-3.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/resident_update_81c4b45966.png","updated_at":"2022-04-01T19:21:11.069Z","documentFile":{"childImageSharp":{"resize":{"src":"/static/26fc8a5ef7f733b9f2f2e089cbb945c7/a8378/resident_update_81c4b45966.png"}}}},"publishedAt":"2023-06-02T17:09:44.796Z","content":[{"__typename":"GRAPHAPI_ComponentPageBaseContent","body":"As most of you are aware there have been some odors and coloration issues in the water. Hearing this information from those using the water, the Board took \nimmediate action to purge the lines and clean the huge storage tank, and then took \nmultiple samples of the water. The District’s operator determined the source was \nwell number no. 1 (located near the entrance to Wal-Mart). This water comes from \nthe Jasper aquifer and travels roughly 2000 – 3000 feet below the ground level to \nreach the surface. Water pumped from well no. 2 (located near Nichols Lane) is\npumped from the Evangeline aquifer and travels roughly 1500 – 2000 feet below \nthe ground level to reach the surface. As of now, the water pumped from the \nEvangeline aquifer has not experienced the odor or color issues found in well no. 1.\n\nThe Board had the water tested for constituents, as recommended by water \nconsultants and NO NEGATIVE RESULTS were received.\n\nThat being said, the water still didn’t taste or look good. The Board went even \nfurther and removed all the water well components down to the pumps \nthemselves. This is no easy task as the pumps are 440 feet below the ground level. \nRemoval is performed by taking apart 20-foot sections at a time with a crane to lift \nthe casing and pumps out of the well. This procedure took two full days to remove \nthe pump and will take the same amount of time to put them back in place.\n\nWhat did we find? NOTHING again. While the pump had some parts that were worn \nand could use repair, the water consultants found nothing that was created by the \nDistricts equipment or operations that could have created the odors and colors \nfound in the water. \n\nThe amount of water being pumped while the pump is running (1000 gallons/per \nminute) would fill the average backyard pool in about 15 minutes. With that \namount of volume, it would be very difficult to add something in operations in a \nvolume that could be detectable with the highest efforts of laboratory testing. \n\nThis leaves us with one reality. “Mother Nature” has cycles that bring in some kind \nof chemistry that is natural and traveling through the aquifers. How it gets there \nand what creates it is still not known. It will be stronger at times, and we must \nremain diligent in trying to identify when the occurrences happen so that the \nDistrict can track the cycles. It also means that the Board needs you, the District \nresidents, to notify us when discolored or poor tasting water is being received at \nyour house so that the District can flush the lines and restore clear water flow to \nthe District’s distribution system.\n\nIn the meantime, make sure that you use drinking water filters or bottled water for \nyour families and employees if the offensive odors return. The District is planning \nin the future to add a new aeration system to oxidize the water. An aeration system \nwill potentially make any pollutants settle out of the reservoir before being pumped \nto the neighborhood.\n\nIf you experience odors or discoloration to the water you receive, please call the \nDistrict’s operator, TNG Utility Services, at 281-350-0895.\n\nThank you,     \nThe Board of Directors of EMC MUD No. 3\n\nPhil Maybee, President      \nDarell Bridges, Vice President      \nJim Deaton, Secretary     \nKen Parmer, Asst. Secretary     \nBrenda Crayton, Director","minHeight":null,"id":"45"}]}}},"pageContext":{"id":"26"}},"staticQueryHashes":["2278676143","3353957978","3649515864","63159454"]}