Click here to view the full notice of high nitrates in Lake of the Woods drinking water.

[Please note: The new well mentioned in the notice (Well 7), which has the high nitrate level, has not been contributing water to the Lake of the Woods system, according to Lake of the Woods Mutual Water Company officials. They say it is scheduled to go online next week. The company did not know the specific date for its deployment as we went to press on Wednesday. The high-nitrate notice is intended to notify water customers of the increased nitrate levels that will occur once Well 7 is brought online. When Well 7 goes online, the precautions mentioned in the notice should be followed. A breaking news item will be posted here when we are informed about the date that Well 7 will be taken online.]

By Gary Meyer

Lake of the Woods Mutual Water Company reported on Wednesday, Jan. 27 that its new Well 7—which will go online next week to supply domestic water—has high levels of nitrates.

The water company issued a ‘Drinking Water Warning’ stating that on September 24 and October 13, samples collected from Well 7 showed nitrate levels of 14 milligrams per…(please see below to view full stories and photographs)

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Members of the LOWMWC board at the January 19 meeting: (l-r) Steve Sigmon, Bob Stowell and Russ Thorpe as they hosted David Warner to talk about merging into a regional water system.

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This is part of the January 29, 2016 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.

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