Last week, City Manager Tom Aspell was so excited about the upcoming Black Ice Pond Hockey Championship that he spent afternoons skating the White Park pond and used one of his trick routines to carve out his weekly city memo, which we’ve printed here for you in a less melty version.
Don’t worry
City water supply just fine
Recent news about the drinking water in Flint, Mich., may give a reason to pause concerning the safety of the water coming from our household taps.
Michigan has declared a state of emergency and the U.S. Attorney’s Office is investigating the lead contamination of Flint’s drinking water, which developed after the community changed their drinking water source. The city of Concord has a long and progressive history of protecting the community’s drinking water source, Penacook Lake, Aspell writes.
Haven’t you seen the Fort Knox-type walls with armed guards? We haven’t either, but we can only imagine that’s the case
This has served the community well and provides a consistent source of high-quality drinking water. Lead is rarely found naturally in source water, but can leach into a water supply from old pipes (pre-1986) if the water is corrosive. The city of Concord proactively ensures the highest quality of drinking water to the community through consistent treatment methods, including regular testing, to address any adverse impacts of corrosive water. Concord’s water quality is well below the permitted EPA limit for any lead exposure and beyond the EPA safety recommendations, Aspell writes.
We can vouch for that. We drink it all the time and we’re fine. Well, for the most part, but that has nothing to do with our water intake.
For more information about Concord’s water supply, visit concordnh.gov/waterquality.
Guess what?
More bridge news, hooray
Last week’s construction activities on the Sewalls Falls Bridge included pouring concrete for the bridge pillars on the south abutment; completion of the demolition of the existing north abutment; and continued progress on the temporary work platform, Aspell writes.
It’s true, we can see the work outside our office windows.
This week, concrete forms will be set for the south abutment back wall; stone will be placed in front of the location where the new north abutment will be; the main temporary work platform will be finalized; construction of the north temporary work platform extension will begin; and dismantling of the existing truss will continue, Aspell writes.
We sure are going to miss that old rickety bridge. That and being able to get to that side of town in a much shorter amount of time.
