Alaska village gets potable water back after 1 month without
March 8, 2021
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BETHEL, Alaska (AP) The people of the village of Tuluksak have potable running water back after over a month without it.
A fire destroyed the village s water purification plant in January, KYUK-AM reported Friday.
Until the first week of March, residents relied on donations of bottled water.
The Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation last Tuesday managed to restore drinking water by installing a reverse osmosis water filtration system, which is also known as RO.
“It goes through a series of filters to filter out any kind of contamination, and then it goes through an RO treatment, which further treats it, said Cindy Christian, the project manager for the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation Drinking Water Program.
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On March 2, the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation was finally able to restore continuous access to drinking water in Tuluksak with a reverse osmosis (RO) water filtration system. Several weeks ago, YKHC started piping river water to the school, but that water is not considered drinkable. A pump pulls up water from the Tuluksak River to the school, where villagers can also do laundry. The new RO filtration system expands on that pumping system.
“It goes through a series of filters to filter out any kind of contamination, and then it goes through an RO treatment, which further treats it. And then the water from the RO is going to be chlorinated so that it is disinfected, and it can be used for all purposes, including drinking water,” explained Cindy Christian, the project manager for the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation’s Drinking Water Program.