New Englanders look forward to summer for a variety of reasons, but for water utilities, the rising temperatures can be problematic, leading to issues of water age and water quality.
The Ashland (Massachusetts) Water Department is now an exception to the rule. Until recently, while plant operators spent significant time, effort and money throughout the year treating water to strict compliance parameters, that water was pumped into a distribution system that historically hadn’t received this same level of oversight.With the distribution system lacking the pump strategies needed to maintain high water quality and suitable water age, operators had to shock one
