No Chloramines in Charlottesville – Albemarle Water

The citizens spoke and the public officials listened. Chloramines will no longer be considered and carbon filtration will be studied (archived: 2017).

Good.

The Charlottesville media were on top of their games last night as they tweeted the meeting and the public comments, most using the #Chloramines hashtag, making following the debate hearing even easier. There were a lot of great public comments, but I’d have to say my two favorites (that were tweeted) were:

public: “I hope the decision that you all make does not end up like the one the board of visitors made.” #chloramines #fourboards

— Aaron Richardson (@dp_Albemarle) July 26, 2012

public- please consider the unintended consequences of costs, real estate agents are worried about the effects this could have #chloramines

— Cville Tomorrow (@cvilletomorrow) July 26, 2012

I’m proud of our community and our elected officials.

And, so we know how much money we’re talking about:

costs for a household of 4 with avg consumption is $1.20/mo for #chloramines and $4.83/mo with GAC but water buyers would have higher costs

— Cville Tomorrow (@cvilletomorrow) July 25, 2012

Background: in May, I wrote about the possibility of chloramines being added to the Charlottesville and Albemarle water supply.