The City of Parsons begins cleaning water lines with free chlorine residual.

The City began this morning at around 6:00am and this will go on for about three weeks. During this period of time, residents may notice some chlorine tastes and odors in the water. There is no cause for alarm, and this is being done purely as a precautionary measure, and as part of their ongoing efforts to provide residents with the safest possible drinking water.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment routinely recommends that public water supplies that utilize a combined chlorine residual perform an annual cleaning of the water distribution system with a free chlorine residual.