Field Office Compliance - Assistance

Assistance ID - 89290
Des Moines Water Works - 310338211
9966 Maffitt Lake Dr Cumming, IA 50061
Dallas County

FO 5

Report
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Comments
9/30/2016 http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/agriculture/2016/09/29/elevated-nitrates-linked-cancers-birth-defects-environmental-group-says/91228894/ From: Gastineau, Janet [DNR] Sent: Friday, September 30, 2016 1:19 PM To: '[email protected]' Subject: DM Rag article Thanks for directing me to the article. We don’t get the paper and James reads the headlines electronically, but might not have mentioned it. It is laughable that the only relevant photo the newspaper thought to include was one that showed a color comparative test for pH and chlorine. It really doesn’t have anything to do with what the article had to say. Furthermore, in my experience adjustments to pH and chlorine really only serve as control strategies for the nitrification process in chloraminated systems, which is a whole different animal than nitrates talked about in this article. I hope you had a good summer. Stop in some time? From: Gastineau, Janet [DNR] Sent: Friday, September 30, 2016 1:19 PM To: '[email protected]' Subject: DM Rag article Thanks for directing me to the article. We don’t get the paper and James reads the headlines electronically, but might not have mentioned it. It is laughable that the only relevant photo the newspaper thought to include was one that showed a color comparative test for pH and chlorine. It really doesn’t have anything to do with what the article had to say. Furthermore, in my experience adjustments to pH and chlorine really only serve as control strategies for the nitrification process in chloraminated systems, which is a whole different animal than nitrates talked about in this article. I hope you had a good summer. Stop in some time? JANET GASTINEAU
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