Friday, January 4, 2013
Company says system is flushing out after work at Roselle station.
Some Warren residents have been complaining of finding hard water deposits on appliances and glassware recently, but New Jersey American Water officials say the problem should be short lived. Acccording to the company's director of communicaitons Peter Eschbach, the minerals in the water causing the problems are the remnants of harder well-water pumped while work was being done on a pump station at Roselle. Eschbach said the "booster station," which pushes water from the company's Millstone treatment plant up the Watchung Mountains, was taken out of service for a period of time for repairs. When the station was off line, some Warren residents received water pumped from wells in Green Brook, which has a much higher mineral level than the …
Friday, July 20, 2012
But water softening only solution for those with hard water problems.
Whether or not you've been experiencing problems with calcium build up on glasses or skin rashes caused by hard water depends on where you live in Warren—sometimes even which side of the street you live on, according to New Jersey American Water Company representatives meeting with residents and township officials Thursday. For example, the company provides water to the neighborhoods and buildings south of Mountain Avenue, such as the municipal complex, by lines from the west, drawing on water from the Round Lake Reservoir, which recently tested with levels of calcium and magnesium—the primary chemicals causing "hard water"—around 150 mg per liter of water. For the residential neighborhoods across Mountain Boulevard, however, water is …
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Thursday, June 14, 2012
Facebook page aims to get township officials involved.
Some residents have been noticing white residue on glasses and dishwashers, others complain of skin rashes—all attributed to increased mineral content in the township's water supply. While it's not always unusual for such a change in the water in the spring months, when rain runoff adds to local water sources, this year has been noticeably worse, some say. "Our water has changed for the worse, and we need strength in numbers to make a difference!" the header on a Facebook page devoted to solving the problem says. "Over the years there has been an increase in the hardness of the water, especially around springtime (May)—this year, there is a very noticeable difference in the water quality over the last six weeks where even the use of a …
Carrie Isler
10:46 am on Friday, July 20, 2012
thanks for this report.. I missed the meeting ... just wanted to add that it's not just the cats that can smell the water... I can also and it is awful... do you know who we can write to, to get the water regulated? It sounds to me that they can give us whatever works for the water company with no regard to the content more ›