Water at Menifee’s Paloma Valley HS turned off as officials await test results
No one has been made sick, but officials at the water district do not know where the smell is coming from, said spokesman Peter Odencrans.
Monday, November 9, 2009
Students at Paloma Valley High School in Menifee are drinking bottled water for now as officials with the Eastern Municipal Water District await test results that will tell them why the water in the boys’ locker room has a chemical smell.
No one has been made sick, but officials at the water district do not know where the smell is coming from, said spokesman Peter Odencrans.
“It has been pretty much been isolated to the boys’ locker room,” Odencrans said. “We are looking at several possibilities but nothing is sure yet.”
The smell was reported Wednesday and the water turned off to most of the school, prompting officials to bring bottled water to the campus, Odencrans said. Tests so far have been inconclusive, he said, and another batch of results are expected Monday afternoon. He said tests were conducted on the water in other portions of the campus, like the cafeteria and gymnasium, but there have been no problems there.
Drinking fountains have been turned off, he said, but toilets have been working.
He said county and state health officials have been notified about the situation and are being updated. Even if tests come back negative, it is possible the water would not be turned back on until after the Veterans Day holiday because the system would have to be flushed out and health officials have to determine there are no problems.
Odencrans said it is possible there has been a cross-connection between a water line and another pipe that is causing the chemical smell. He said an inspection of the plumbing in the area will also take place.
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