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The drinking water in Vennesla
 There
are lots of drinking water sources in Vennesla, such as Solknipen,
Homstean, Haegeland, Røyknes, Samkombekken and the Drivenes island. The
Drivenes island is the main drinking water source in Vennesla, and gives
water to the greater part of Vennesla.
The Local Authorities in Vennesla spend millions to maintain the drinking
water sources. They have for example built new local wells
that are shallower than the old ones, because there was a problem with
Chloride in the deeper wells.
The Local Authorities have a proper routine check once a month. If the
water is bad, the Food Authorities report it to the Board of Health, that
tells the local doctor,which again inform the inhabitants of Vennesla of
the reduced quality of the drinking water. Action is immediately taken to
improve the quality.
The most common problem, is that water from polluted sources, gets into
the pipes. The three last times the water sources were checked were the
8th of April, 6th of May and 21st of May this year.
It was the Drivenes island that topped all the statistics of cleanest
water. Solknipen is the drinking water source which has caused the Local
Atuthorities most trouble.
The Food Control Authorities, sanction the drinking water sources, and the
demands are high. It shall not be over 100 bacterium pr. litre. Then it
must be chlorinazed.
Surface water has to be chlorinazed anyway. The pH-value has to be around
8,0, and the water shall be around 6-7 degrees. In Vennesla the pH-value
is around 7,5. People that live scattered, choose to make their own wells,
and then they have to send tests to the local authorities to sanction the
drinking water, because it may contain Radon. There is seldom reported
that someone has been ill because of the drinking water. A few years ago
some people got diarea. Probably some farmers had manured the water.
The drinking water in Vennesla lies on the upper half compared to other
local authorities in the county Vest- Agder. Compared to other towns in
other countries, the water in Vennesla is very good.
Getting this information about the
drinking water in Vennesla,we
intervieweded Mr.Markusen.
He is employed in Vennesla Local
Authorities, where he
works with
drinking water sources in Vennesla.
We would like to thank Markusen
for his help!
Survey about drinking water in Vennesla
We asked accidental people about their drinking water. We asked people
from all parts of Vennesla. Most of the people did not know where their
drinking water came from, but everybody liked it, because it tasted fresh
and cold, and had a clear colour.
The taste has been good as long as they have lived here, but some people
said that the water sometimes had been brown and bad tasted, because
changing of pipes.
The conclusion of this survey is that people in Vennesla find their
drinking water very good, and the quality of the water is high. |
