Water Quality
The Northwest Ottawa Water Treatment Plant and its operators are certified and approved for microbiological analysis on Total Coliform, Fecal Coliform, and Heterotrophic Bacteria. Our laboratory has an operator available 24 hours a day. There are five shift operators that perform laboratory analysis and monitor water pumpages for all of Northwest Ottawa's customers.
We perform other analyses on raw Lake Michigan water, as well as on filtered and tap water. These routine tests are part of the requirements of supplying high quality drinking water to our community. Our laboratory is well equipped with the latest instrumentation. Our inline turbidimeters and particle counters are complimenting our bench results with real time filtration information.
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