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News: Arson Suspected in Dock Fire September 27th, 2006
News: Bulkhead Requests Torpedoed September 27th, 2006
News: $300,000 USDA Check for City September 26th, 2006
News: L.P.A. Starts E.A.R. September 22nd, 2006
News: Police Criticized before Commission September 13th, 2006
News: Levy County Budget Now at $77,891,819 September 12th, 2006
News: 9/11 Memorial Service September 11th, 2006
News: Firefighters Remember 9-11 September 10th, 2006
News: Cedar Key Tax Rate and Budget Set September 8th, 2006
News: Tax Policies in Question September 5th, 2006
News: Young Adult Books Are Available In Local Library August 23rd, 2006
News: Smitty`s Bar-B-Que Opens August 22nd, 2006
News: Brother Mike Serves First Baptist Church August 19th, 2006
News: Fishing Bridge Declared Structurally Deficient August 18th, 2006
News: City Commission OK`s Citizens` Petitions & Emergency Management Plan August 17th, 2006
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Water Treatment Plant Open House | Water Treatment Plant Open HouseJim Hoy Two Cedar Key citizens being given the tour of the water treatment plant by Neil Doty.
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Saturday morning, June 9, the new pre-treatment water facilities were on display at the Cedar Key Water and Sewer District water treatment plant. The pre-treatment equipment removes dissolved organic carbon molecules that combine with chlorine to form undesirable compounds during processing of drinking water. The new facilities have brought the concentration of undesirable compounds (trihalomethanes and haloacetic acids) below the maximum allowed by state standards. Jack Hotaling, the Water District Manager, told Cedar Key News that the plant now has the capacity to produce 250 gallons per minute, more than twice the current usage rate. He said the equipment cost over $400,000, and is the first package plant in the United States. Orica Watercare, an Australian company supplies the equipment and materials. The process mixes minute plastic spheres with raw well water, thereby adsorbing the organic carbon molecules. The spheres are cleaned and returned to the system to pick up more carbon molecules. Once the carbon molecules are removed, the water may be chlorinated to kill bacteria prior to distribution. |
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