ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) - Officials hope a new treatment plant will remove the bad smell and taste from the water for up to 200,000 customers in northwestern South Carolina.
Local media report the Anderson Regional Joint Water System is building a plant it hopes will open by March to remove the bad smell.
For the past several years, water system officials have had seasonal battles with algae in Lake Hartwell, which provides up to 48 million gallons of water daily to more than a dozen regional utilities in the Anderson and Pickens areas.
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Executive Director Scott Willett said the algae have overwhelmed the ability of existing water facilities to filter the organic compounds from the algae. Willett says the water is safe.
Many people are drinking bottled water or have purchased water filtration systems.
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