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June 26, 2025

How a hard rain caused water treatment problems — and what that means for the future

By Jackson Hephner, contributor

As heavy rains battered the Valley last month, the city’s water treatment plant faced a major problem. Water coming into the facility after the May 14 rainstorm wasn’t just cloudy or tinted. It was brown.

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