Water surveys needed to determine contamination

A second mailing of cross-connection control surveys is going out to Beatrice Board of Public Works customers.

BPW customers not returning the first cross-connection survey, mailed out in November and December, can expect another one in the mail, Bob Feit, BPW director of administrative services, said Wednesday during the BPW Board of Directors meeting.

The BPW Water Department is required by state law to send out surveys every five years to their customers to determine any possible contamination to the city's water.

As of Wednesday, the BPW had only 65 percent of the surveys returned. A 100 percent return of the surveys is required.

BPW is asking customers who have not returned their surveys to do so as soon as possible.

“Please send your surveys back,” Feit said.

If the surveys are not returned, Feit said BPW will have to make telephone calls and possible door-to-door visits to collect the surveys.

The surveys are reviewed by the water department to determine any potential for contamination to city water.

The survey asks water users if they have an underground sprinkler, hot tub, swimming pool or commercial business in their home.

Questions to commercial and industrial businesses ask about pumps, ice machines, fire sprinklers and suppression systems and chemical and product disposals.