Tap Water Alert in Scottsdale/Paradise Valley

[Ponderosa]

Originally Posted by Greatday

The cost to the city / municipality would be prohibitive

I know. It's a big hodge-podge of discontinuous systems. Some of the providers are pretty good, but many of them are mom-and-pop operators who once serviced a few neighboring "ranches" but lack capitalization and expertise to properly service a burgeoning population. Private water companies often mean lesser water quality, low pressure, outages, and astronomical rates. I don't know if these comments apply to the company in this incident. People don't think much about water companies when moving to a city. They probably just figure it's a city utility. But in Phoenix area , it is something that you might want to at least consider.

[Greatday]

Originally Posted by Ponderosa

I know. It's a big hodge-podge of discontinuous systems. Some of the providers are pretty good, but many of them are mom-and-pop operators who once serviced a few neighboring "ranches" but lack capitalization and expertise to properly service a burgeoning population. Private water companies often mean lesser water quality, low pressure, outages, and astronomical rates. I don't know if these comments apply to the company in this incident. People don't think much about water companies when moving to a city. They probably just figure it's a city utility. But in Phoenix area , it is something that you might want to at least consider.

Not just that - for the cities to acquire these companies, it would fall under eminent domain - these companies would have to be paid for all of their infrastructure and lost revenues for 20 years in the future.

[cptndavis]

Originally Posted by Greatday

Your water quality issue is not the same as the current problem however

Correct. But my point is that water quality problems are a longstanding issue in this area. Basic water filtration systems are relatively inexpensive and offer built in protection for problems such as the recent TCE issue.

[sheena]

Originally Posted by azjack

"Residents in Paradise Valley and parts of Scottsdale were told Wednesday not to drink their tap water.
A water treatment plant for Arizona American Water malfunctioned Tuesday possibly sending elevated levels of TCE or trichloroethylene into the water supply, said Arizona American Water spokesman Todd Walker."

Tap-water ban hits parts of P.V., Scottsdale (broken link)

Yeah and I made coffee with tap water at work the other morning. I'm not sure North of Acoma and Scottsdale road are effected though. If so what can I do.