Elevated lead levels in Ridgewood water prompt campaign
Tuesday September 24, 2013, 11:19 AM
BY DARIUS AMOS
STAFF WRITER
The Ridgewood News
Ridgewood Water subscribers are reminded to run household faucets for half a minute before consuming drinking water, a practice made necessary in light of elevated lead levels found in various testing samples last year. The announcement made by water department officials at a recent Ridgewood council meeting was part of a public notice campaign required by the state.
As part of a notification program handed down by the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), Ridgewood’s water company recently began a series of public education initiatives to inform residents of the dangers posed by excessive lead exposure and to provide advice on how to safeguard against it.
The DEP also mandated that Ridgewood Water institute a corrosion control program, which, according to business director Dave Scheibner, is in a pilot phase. Scheibner said that officials, through the program, are determining the optimal treatment to control lead corrosion in the piping of the water system.
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What about water coming out of a Refridgerator? Do you have to run that for 30 seconds too?
Ridgewood Water is a monument to bad management
if the water is sitting in your pipes its got lead in it. Its not ridgewood water’s problem. just run the water for a minute.
Like the surrounding water companies are any better.
Just install a whole house filter.
You will be surprised by the amount and the color of the particles that are filtered.