He said the best remedy is a new treatment plant which could take years to win voter approval and complete construction. He insisted the water was "safe," noting that tests submitted to the state confirmed the town's water meets all the criteria of the federal Safe Water Act. Kenneth Burnham, water superintendent, said the reason for the discolored water is deposits of iron and magnesium. "Who will pay to replace them every week?"Īnother resident suggested ratepayers not be charged for water or be given a substantial discount until the problem is solved. "I can tell you a filter won't last more than a week given the conditions in our homes," said one man. "That's the reason we are putting this rebate system in place now."īut many people in the crowd said a filter would need to be replaced once a week given the discolored water. "We acknowledge this is a problem," Leccese said. The long range plan, she said, is construction of a water treatment plant at a cost of up to $5 million that would have to be approved by a majority of voters. She said in the short term, LCWD will pay up to $200 for the purchase and installation of a water filter that, she said, should alleviate the problem temporarily. But neighbors say the panel has ignored their complaints.Ĭonstance Leccese, the chairwoman, assured the crowd something was being done. It produces and distributes water to more than 2,600 homes, businesses, and public buildings in the northwest two-thirds of the town. In the tiny room where the temperature reached over 80 degrees despite a window air conditioner, residents of Apple Hill Lane, Lowell and Main streets, and Cortland Lane, said they have been living with discolored water for years.Įstablished by the Legislature in 1939, LCWD is one of two water districts that serves Lynnfield. "My water stinks of chlorine and I won't drink this terrible brown water that stains my clothes in the washer," said Stephanie Rauseo of Russet Lane, who brought photos of the discolored water for the three-member Board of Water Commissioners. They asked what will be done and if there's a plan to remedy the problem. The two dozen residents said they want answers to why the water in their homes is brown, and sometimes black, making it undrinkable, and ruining clothes in the washer. I've yet to hear what you plan to do about it." "No effort has been made to look at my home. "I can't drink the water, I can't do the laundry," said Lisa Lopez, who bought a six-bedroom Cape style home with her husband on West Tapley Road five years ago. Twitter facebook Email This article is more than 4 years old.Ī standing-room-only crowd packed the Lynnfield Center Water District's (LCWD) hearing room Monday demanding clean water.
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