Kimballton water tested safe following days of uncertainty

Kimballton water tested safe following days of uncertainty

KIMBALLTON, Iowa -- For the past couple of days, the water in this Audubon County town was not drinkable. In some parts of town on Thursday, it came out of the tap pink in color. Residents were told not to drink the water. Test results came back Friday showing the water was safe to drink. "We had to take water samples to Council Bluffs for two days in a row, and yesterday was our last sample to take over there, and it came back that there is no …

Bottled Water Advisory Remains in place for City of Kimballton

(Kimballton) The Bottled Water Advisory remains in effect for the City of Kimballton. On May 9, the City of Kimballton in Audubon County notified the Iowa DNR Field Office in Atlantic that during the effort to refill the water tower from Tuesday’s incident, sodium permanganate was overfed, resulting in pink water throughout the distribution system. Sodium permanganate is used as an oxidizing agent in drinking water and wastewater treatment to he…