Omaha defends its water quality
December 23, 2009
The
Environmental Working Group, an environmentalist charity and
lobbying organization, has issued a report that ranks Omaha's Metropolitan Utilities District (MUD)
94th among the nation's 100 largest water utilities (Des Moines
wasn't ranked). MUD says that the analysis
doesn't reflect the quality of treated water distributed to its customers and overstates "contamination" by things like minerals that don't affect human health.
Product spotlight: Patterson
horizontal split-case pumps are in service at MUD's newest plant, providing pressure to customers throughout the western portions of the water system.
last revised December 2009