COLLIER COUNTY LABORATORY - MAIN WATER PIPE

               LAST WEEKEND THE NEW WATER SYSTEM WAS SUPER CHLORINATED..

                           

                       ON MONDAY THE SYSTEM WAS

                                         FLUSHED.. 

                               AND DE-CHLORINATED..

THE DE-CHLORINATING PROCESS ADDS VITAMIN C TO THE WATER TO REDUCE THE CHLORINE AND PREVENT DAMAGE TO OUR YARDS AND THE WATERWAYS.

THE WATER IS TESTED AS IT COMES OUT OF THE HOSE..

AND AS IT FLOWS OUT OF THE TEST SPIGOT...

THE 2 TEST STRIPS ARE COMPARED AND THE DIFFERENCE IS OBVIOUS..

ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, JENNIFER HUBBARD, OF THE COLLIER COUNTY LABORATORY TOOK HER TEST SAMPLES AT THE 11 POINTS.

JENNIFER HEATS THE SPIGOT TO ELIMINATE THE LOCAL BACTERIA..

SHE THEN COLLECTS A SAMPLE IN A PLASTIC BAG.

THE LABORATORY IS TESTING FOR:

TEMPERATURE

RESIDUAL

PH

BACTERIA 

THE DIGGING CREW IS MOVING ON TOWARD THE GENERAL STORE..

IN A VERY ORGANIZED MOVE THEY FILL THE DITCH AS THE PIPE IS LAID..

AS THE DIRT IS LAID IN IT IS COMPACTED..

WHEN THE DITCH IS FULL, THE VIBRATOR COMES ALONG AND PACKS THE DIRT DOWN..

FOLLOWED BY THE SWEEPER..

BECAUSE OF CENTURY LINK CONNECTING THE NEW TELEPHONE LINE TO THE BUSINESSES, IT MADE THE DIGGING MUCH EASIER. OLD TELEPHONE CABLES COULD BE CUT OUT OF THE WAY..

THE DIGGING CREW TURNED THE CURVE AT THE GENERAL STORE AND IS HEADED TOWARD THE NEW PARKING LOT..