That Smell in Your Water? Blame the Heavy Rains; City and Suburban Customers Get a Stiff Whiff of Chlorine in Wake of Downpour and Snow- Melt. But Your Sink and Shower Should Smell Sweeter Soon.

Intelligencer Journal Lancaster New Era - Saturday Edition › February 17, 2004

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City and suburban residents turned on the faucet this weekend and got a whiff of summertime: chlorine.

The city water treatment plant had to temporarily add extra chlorine to its water after Friday's hard rain of 1.5 inches and the resulting snow-melt, but said today that the situation should be improving.

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That Smell in Your Water? Blame the Heavy Rains; City and Suburban Customers Get a Stiff Whiff of Chlorine in Wake of Downpour and Snow- Melt. But Your Sink and Shower Should Smell Sweeter Soon.

"Right now, the water coming out of the filtration plant doesn't have a taste or odor," said John Holden, ...

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