CALIFORNIA: Tests results reveal a shocking discovery in the water supply of a business park — people have been drinking treated sewage water - (NBCSanDiego.com)
September 6, 2007 – 11:54 pmCHULA VISTA, Calif. — Business owners expressed frustration and anger Wednesday prior to a meeting designed to explain how treated sewage water was allowed to flow to South Bay taps.
Tenants of the Fenton Business Center in Eastlake came face-to-face with officials from the Otay Water District. The business owners came demanding answers, as to how the mix-up happened and what took so long to correct the error.
For the past two years, the business center had been hooked up to a pipe carrying recycled water, NBC 7/39 reported. Merchants said they have been washing their hands and drinking the water that flowed from the taps.
Several business owners knew something was wrong when their water tasted funny. Many of them had been complaining for months, leading the property manager to send a water sample to a private lab, which showed the presence of total coliform bacteria.
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