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St. Cloud continues its ice pigging efforts. The city is posting daily updates of where ice pigging will occur on its Facebook page. PHOTO/KEN JACKSON
A UCF environmental systems engineer told the city of St. Cloud this week that its Water Plant No. 4, which failed in 2017 and released a resin that discolored water in the city, is now absent of the offending Miex resin.
“We’ve done several tests, and we don’t see anything going out of the plant now,” Dr. Steven Duranceau, Professor of Environmental Engineering and Director of UCF’s Environmental Systems Engineering Institute said. “(Plant No. 4) has been doing its job as intended ever since the City made the repairs. We see no evidence that any breakthrough is occurring.”
He re-iterated that the city’s water is safe.
“People are accustomed to looking for the UL tag on any electronics they buy as the assurance that it’s safe and doesn’t pose an electrical or fire hazard. The resin used in St. Cloud’s water system is NSF certified, and NSF certification is much more rigorous than UL certification. The water is safe.”
The City is continuing its mitigation processes to clean water: ice pigging, line swabbing and unidirectional flushing.
Ice pigging has been ongoing on water lines feeding the houses of customers who have reported discolored water. The city is posting daily updates of where ice pigging will occur on its Facebook page (https:// www.facebook.com/ CityofStCloudFL).
Customers with discolored water are urged to report it to the city via the St. Cloud Connect app, the city web site, www.stcloud.org or by calling the St. Cloud Utilities customer service line at 407-957-7344.
