Call (906) 932-4449 Ironwood, MI U.P. wildlife Small pocket park offers big Redsautosales.com FamilyFamily DayDay Today!Today! nature experiences OUTDOORS • 8 DAILY GLOBE Saturday, August 10, 2019 Mostly cloudy yourdailyglobe.com | High: 80 | Low: 57 | Details, page 2 Warning issued for Ironwood, Hurley water By LARRY HOLCOMBE Erickson told the Daily Globe wood and city of Hurley residents “The city of Ironwood current- Advisory Level for children less
[email protected] later Friday that recent concerns until additional testing can be ly meets all health advisory limits than 12 months old is 300 ppb IRONWOOD – Ironwood city about the aesthetic quality of the completed. The Western Upper for manganese,” said the release and for adults is 1,000 ppb,” the officials are asking the public in city’s water led to recent testing of Peninsula Health Department before it went into more detail. release said. Ironwood and Hurley to use bot- manganese in the system. The will be conducting additional sys- “The current manganese levels “The city of Ironwood is work- tled water as drinking water for results came in this week and one temwide testing to further evalu- that have been independently ing cooperatively with the Michi- infants. The warning extends to of the city’s six wells showed a ate manganese levels in the sys- tested show that the level of man- gan Department of Health and Hurley because it purchases its level of manganese above a tem,” said the release. ganese in the city wells tested Human Services, Western Upper municipal water from Ironwood.