MIDDLETOWN – The main water supply in the City of Middletown has developed algae plumes, which are being chemically treated. Officials said the water is not dangerous to consume, although it is discolored and has an odor.
Mayor Joseph DeStefano said the problem could have been averted had a previous city administration purchased a different water filtration system.
“That was decisions made by a prior mayor and prior councils to throw away $5 million in design and build what they thought at the time would be a cheaper plant,” the mayor said. “This plant is not designed to handle the algae bloom in the system, so when it happens, we have to do the chemical treatment, as we did.”
DeStefano said the chemical treatments are working slowly, killing off the algae in the reservoir. He said had the former administration purchased the other filtration system for which it spent $5 million in planning and design, this problem would not exist.
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