Spring runoff reduces water quality

Havre's director of public works said today that city water will have some cloudiness and odor while the water treatment plant deals with a high level of sediment.

"The water's fine. There's nothing wrong with it," Dave Peterson said "You might smell a little chlorine, but they're operating the plant the way it should be."

Peterson said the plant has to deal with a higher level of turbidity every spring when runoff brings dirty water into the Milk River from Big Sandy and Beaver creeks. Very little water is being released from Fresno Reservoir to offset the dirty water in the Milk River, so th...