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LIGHTNING NEARBY. WELL, TOMORROW PEOPLE IN GRIMES MAY NOTICE THEIR WATER MIGHT LOOK, SMELL, OR TASTE UNUSUAL. ����vlog TALKED WITH THE CITY ABOUT WHY IT’S HAPPENING AND HOW TO FIX IT. WHEN PEOPLE IN GRIMES TURN ON THE TAP ON MONDAY, THE WATER FLOWING OUT MAY SEEM UNUSUAL. SLIGHT CHLORINE SMELL OR A LITTLE BIT OF CLOUDINESS IN THE WATER. THE CAUSE A SEVERAL DAY PROJECT BEGINNING AT THE CITY’S WATER TREATMENT PLANT. APRIL 28TH. THE CITY IS GOING TO CHANGE THE DISINFECTANT THAT’S IN OUR WATER IN ORDER TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH OTHER CI, WW COMMUNITIES. THE CITY SAYS RUNNING THE TAP FOR SEVERAL MINUTES WILL CLEAR THE UNUSUAL SMELL AND APPEARANCE AS THEY WORK. THIS SMALL SHIFT IS A SYMPTOM OF A LARGER CHANGE UNDERWAY. BY CHANGING THE DISINFECTANT, GRIMES IS ALIGNING ITSELF WITH ALMOST A DOZEN OTHER COMMUNITIES TO CREATE A WATER SHARING NETWORK. IT’S IMPORTANT THAT WE TREAT OUR WATER THE SAME AS OTHER COMMUNITIES. SO IF WE EVER FIND OURSELVES IN ANY KIND OF WATER EMERGENCY, WE’RE ABLE TO ALL PULL TOGETHER THOSE RESOURCES AND USE IT. AND POOLING THE SUPPLY COULD BECOME MORE IMPORTANT OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DECADES. CENTRAL IOWA WATER WORKS PREDICTS THE POPULATION IN CENTRAL IOWA WILL GROW TO 679,000 PEOPLE BY 2030, AND 900,000 BY 2050. THE GROUP SAYS IT CAN TREAT CLOSE TO 150 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER PER DAY, BUT THE EXPECTED DAILY DEMAND BY 2050 IS PROJECTED TO GROW TO 208 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY. SO BY MAKING SMALL CHANGES LIKE ALTERING THE DISINFECTANT AT LOCAL PROVIDERS, NOW THE NETWORK CAN PREPARE. SO US AS A COMMUNITY WON’T FIND OURSELVES IN A DIRE SITUATION. IN GRIMES.