NORTH PORT, Calif. — After hearing the same complaints about the city’s hard water, North Port, Calif. city officials have agreed to spend more than $9.5 million to upgrade the water treatment plant on Myakkahatchee Creek, according to the Herald-Tribune.

The upgrades will include six wells, a new surface water intake on the Cocoplum Waterway (a canal connected to the creek) and a reverse osmosis system, costing almost $9 million, which will remove sulfate and dissolved mineral and organics, stated the article.

North Port Utilities Director Cindi Mick said around a year from now residents can expect to be drinking treated groundwater and surface water, which will be softer and better tasting, noted the article.

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