EPCOR: Johnson Utilities drinking water ‘on knife’s edge,’ buildings could explode
by Jake Kincaid | Casa Grande Dispatch
An anonymous study of Johnson Utilities’ Pecan Creek wastewater treatment plant in 2015 shows the corrosion that is reported to have taken place due to high levels of hydrogen sulfide. ACC (2015) via Casa Grande Dispatch
Tensions between the Arizona Corporation Commission and Johnson Utilities escalated Tuesday when EPCOR representative Shawn Bradford delivered an update that shocked commissioners into taking more aggressive legal action against the utility.
First, Bradford expressed concern from EPCOR, which has been appointed interim manager of the utility, that nitrate levels in drinking water were on the “knife’s edge” of what is legally acceptable.
The legal limit is 10 milligrams per liter — Bradford said EPCOR had found Johnson’s to be above 9.9.