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Discoloured water stumps city officials $9.82â€"million project to retrofit part A:)f Waterloo‘s water distribution sysâ€" em isn‘t clearing up the disâ€" coloured water problem like the city hoped, say local water officials. And while the pipe relining project continues, the city is also looking into other possible sources of iron contaminaâ€" tion causing problems with discoloured water in neighbourhoods throughout the municipality. In 2001, a study singled out elevated levels of iron as the source of water disâ€" colouration that has had local residents complaining for years about what was being piped into their homes. The latest complaint came from Mindy Decker in the Columbia Forest area of Waterloo, who contacted the Chronicle after a claim by her homeâ€" based business against the city was turned down by its insurer. Decker, a textile artist, had lost almost $5,000 in raw materials from a continuing discoloured water problem in her west Waterloo home that damaged the cloth she ships to hobby stores in the U.S. After being denied compensation for those damages last month, her homeâ€" based business is on the brink of ruin, and she‘s left wondering who‘s responsiâ€" ble for the problem. The Chronicle contacted the city and the Region of Waterloo about the source of these ongoing water problems. While the city originally thought the most likely source of iron was the corroâ€" sion coming off the iron mains once used to distribute water before the move to PVC piping in the early 1980s, now they‘re not so sure. The original retrofitting of the system targeted the central Willowdale area of Waterloo, with council approving the linâ€" ing of approximately 52 km of iron pipe with cementâ€"mortar, while replacing another 5 km of pipe entirely. That project, which included the area bounded by King Street, University "Do I know what the cause is? Absolutely not." WATERLOO CHRONICLE Utilities team leader, City of Waterloo By Bos VrBanac Chronicle Staff â€"Bill Garibaldi Continued on page 5 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2005 + WATERLOO, ONTARIO Audience volunteers Colin Hunt (left) and Laura Sulston helped the cast of the Dufflebag Theatre group put on the play Rumpelstiltskin, Saturday at the Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex. The interactive storytelling event was part of the City of Waterloo‘s Roundabout Theatre program. Serving your community since 1856 Acting up $1 INCLUDING GST | _ WHAT‘S | â€"INSIDE GEMINI MOTORS 26 Manitou Drive Kitchener, ON Tel (519) 894â€"2050 Toll Free: 1â€"877â€"287â€"2844 Sports Classified Viewpoint Business w es e na n ud 6e# n Author Edna Staebler celebrates 99th birthday. Kitchener 800 Victonia St N (at Bruce) (519) 5792252 Waterloo Zeller‘s Plaza 94 Bndgeport Rd. E (519) 725â€"2570 ExpressVu" Mobility Sympatico~ Page 10 21 26 19