Wilsonville Water Treatment Commentary
The following commentary comes from two students from Ralph Goldstein’s seventh grade science class at Wood Middle School. They went on a field trip to Wilsonville’s Water Treatment plant recently, making some observations of their own.
To The Wilsonville Minute,
We are concerned that Wilsonville’s residents aren’t drinking the high quality water from the local water treatment plant. We recently took a field trip to the treatment plant and discovered that the water treatment plant produces more pure and sanitary tap water.
Bottled water has less bacteria checks and has a higher chance of containing impurities. Plus bottled water uses oil to manufacture the plastic bottles, which increases gas prices. After you finish the water bottle it goes in the trash, which later ends up in the landfill, which is bad for the environment. Most of Wilsonville’s residents that don’t drink tap water are afraid that there might still be parasites from the Willamette in the water. This statement is not true. The water treatment plant uses six key filter steps, which keep the water bacteria and parasite free. Another thing that residents might want to consider is the water prices. It costs 75 cents for one bottle of water; it costs 3 cents for a gallon of Wilsonville tap water.
In conclusion we hope that Wilsonville’s residents makes the right choices about water.
Sincerely, Ricky Sala and Sam Collins.
