The city of Pittsburg is looking for volunteers to help with study

PITTSBURG, Ks. — The town of Pittsburg is searching for volunteers.

The town has begun its lead and copper sampling program.

The examine is finished as soon as each three 12 months and its required by the Environmental Safety Company and the Kansas Division of Well being and Surroundings.

To finish this system the town is required to gather water samples from 30 residences, however the metropolis want to gather 100 totally different residences to construct a database for future reference.

“We’re asking for volunteers from the general public to enroll to assist us gather these samples. Our employees will put together the sampling equipment for them and we simply want them to take the pattern from their faucet and put together it and our employees will come again and decide it up in order that KDHE can hold monitor and monitor our water system,” says Matt Bacon, Pittsburg Director of Public Works and Utilities.

Bacon says the town has not had an issue with lead and copper focus prior to now, however nonetheless asks residents to participate in this system, together with those that stay the older components of city.

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