NAPLES, Fla. — The City of Naples’ Water Department starts its annual temporary change in the disinfection process for drinking water on Dec. 1 to maintain quality.
From Dec. 1 through Dec. 31, the city’s Water Department will disinfect water with free chlorine instead of combined chlorine/ammonia (chloramines) throughout the city service area.
The conversion to chlorine, which is stronger, from chloramines, which lasts longer, allows for a water distribution system purge, which is recommended by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection for water utilities that use chloramines as the primary disinfectant…