City of Milwaukee to Ozonate its Public Water Supply

In November, the City of Milwaukee approved an 89 million dollar 
program to update the filtering system and to add ozone to both of the 
water treatment plants.  The cost of updating water purification with 
ozone will be 51 million with an additional 38 million for a new 
filtration system.  The Milwaukee Sentinel reported that ozone kills 
cryptosporidium, bacteria, fungus and viruses.  The decision to 
approve the ozone disinfection project was widely approved in the 
local PWA community.  The Milwaukee AIDS Project has advised its 
clients not to drink the city water for the past 2 and 1/2 years or 
any other public water supply.  Nearly 100 MAP clients have died from 
Cryptosporidium since the outbreak.  Cryptosporidium is a protozoan 
that causes diarrhea.

Source: Positive Health News - Report No. 7