MARSHALL MINNESOTA, WE SALUTE YOU

I’m not a journalist or engineer, but I’m pretty sure the story below would lead the reader to believe the day of lower "acceptable amounts" of known contaminants, and the identification of “emerging contaminants” is here, as opposed to what casual readers of The Laker have been led to believe.

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“The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has proposed new, lower limits for chemicals like chlorides, copper and phosphorus in wastewater that won't be easy for the plant to meet.”

"Apparently, RO (reverse osmosis) systems are the only way we can remove chlorides," he said.

"Olson and VanMoer said Marshall isn't alone in struggling with more stringent water-quality standards. The challenge is statewide For example, the city of St. Peter installed a costly reverse osmosis system at its water treatment plant in recent years, they said."

Why are we being led to believe by The Laker and the city that “some day” is years away; when obviously it’s not? Why do these very rural cities like Marshall and St. Peter seem to have a grasp on the future, while Minnetrista is considering an archaic technology like a gravity filtration system that is “expandable in the future” when the future is here?