Downriver residents have noticed a sulfur-like taste and smell in their tap water over the last couple of days.
Despite the complaints, the Great Lakes Water Authority says the water is safe.
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Here's the information they provided Friday morning:
The Great Lakes Water Authority is issuing a notice to all its communities serviced by the Southwest Water Treatment plant that all the appropriate regulatory compliance checks indicate that we are meeting the regulatory standards.
The taste and odor that your communities are experiencing is a water quality aesthetic problem. The GLWA is expanding its response and testing.
The GLWA estimates the T&O incident should resolve itself within the next 12 hours.Any questions please contact GLWA Water quality at 1-313-926-8102.
Cheryl Porter, COO of GLWA, also offered this statement:
"The Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA) is committed to providing water of unquestionable quality for all of its customer communities.
In regard to the concerns about water quality in a number of Downriver communities, the Authority has conducted extensive testing of its water at its Southwest Treatment Plant and in locations where odor is being detected. Tests confirm that all regulatory water quality standards are being achieved, and that the water is safe.
At this time, we are working with our local community partners to continue to assure water of unquestionable quality, and have put into operation at our treatment plant our activated carbon system, which will assist with the taste and odor issues. We expect the taste and odor issues to be resolved within the next 12 hours. In the meantime, we continue to expand testing to determine factors that might contribute to the detected odors."
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