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Sunday, October 7, 2012

St Lucia Tap Water - No Contamination

Rumours are circulating St Lucia that the E. coli bacteria has been found in the town's tap water. St Lucia News has been in contact with both Gawie Dipennaar, who oversees the town's water supply, and Rudi Redinger, Chairperson of the St Lucia Ratepayers' Forum, in order to verify these rumours. At the time of publication Mr Dipennaar had not been notified by the water suppliers of possible contamination in the town's tap water. Mr Redinger, who is in regular contact with the water pumpers, said that it is required practise for the chlorine levels following a water outage to be higher than normal in order to eliminate any possibility of contamination. Mr Redinger confirmed this evening, 7 October, that, while the water colour may be unsightly, the chlorine in the water being pumped into St Lucia's reservoir is at the correct level to ensure no risk of contamination.

 This news follows an intermittent water supply from Thursday 4 October until Saturday evening, 6 October, as the result of a broken 400mm pipe by an excavator.
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