Rural Water District Water System gets Clean Bill of Health

The annual Water Quality Report of the Worth County Public Water Service District received a clean bill of health. The district gets its water from the City of Grant City, which purchases its water from the Middle Fork Water Company. Middle Fork Water Company treats water from Linn Creek, which is then pumped into a reservoir next to the Middle Fork Water Company’s treatment plant. The Southern Iowa Rural Water Association is their emergency backup supply. Persons interested in reviewing the complete water quality report can contact Peggy Drake or Shannon Burns at (660) 564-4082.
The district was reimbursed $6,000 by FEMA for flood relief work from last year. They have until the end of December to complete the work. Ed Ackley reported that he was working to mark the meters on the system; he said that he was currently concentrating on Worth. He said that the difficulty was that sometimes, people pass away, or the land is sold, and nobody remembers where the meter was. He said that it was hard to locate them even with a metal detector.
The district is up to 519 customers; they added Jerry Davis and Gene Hardy to the system. The district received a thank you note from Hardy.
Ackley reported that there was a leak by the Nick Apblanalp residence near Denver as there was a pipe pulling apart near a creek. He said he ran in a 1" line through a 2" line.
The radio control system failed due to a lightning strike over the weekend of June 7th and 8th; Ackley said that they borrowed a radio from the city to use. The district will check and see if it’s insured.
The north water tower, along with many other places in the county, were targets of the massive vandalism spree around the county last month. The district will repaint the tower, which had paint peeling off anyway.
The board voted to obtain a price for a transfer switch for their new generator to use in the event of an emergency.
Ackley reported that the rising gas prices were "killing him" and that he had to put $20-30 worth of gas in every day in order to do his work. He said that it was even harder since the radio went out since that meant more trips for him.
The board voted to purchase a sign for the water district dozer.