Water at Kamiak Butte to be regularly chlorinated

The drinking water at Kamiak Butte will now be regularly chlorinated after too much coliform bacteria was found there in mid-summer.

The park’s eight water spickets are now shut down for winter, but the new chlorinating system will be up and running by Oct. 20, said county parks operations and trails coordinator Justus Barton.

The issue of the bacteria came up last summer after the Department of Health discovered the coliform in test samples from the park’s regular coliform monitoring program.

“We received a bunch of samples back testing positive for total coliform. It’s an indicator of potent...