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Article: RESIDENTS' LONG-STANDING FIGHT AGAINST MIDGE FLY LARVAE FLOWS ON
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- Post-Tribune (IN)
- Article date:
- July 7, 1994
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LOWELL
A tiny insect with a big name continues to concern Lowell residents about the quality of their drinking water.
Larvae of paratanytarsus grimii, commonly known as the midge fly, flow through household faucets when citizens turn on their taps.
Since 1987, the town has battled larvae of the gnat-like flies, which show up as brown specks in the water system. Attempts to solve the problem by installing fine-mesh screens on air holes in a town water tank and scrubbing the tank with disinfectants haven't worked. Neither have repeated flushings of the water system, nor long hours of research.
Now the town is ready to do ...