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In terms of flood misery per capita, it would be hard to beat the tiny town of Roche Percee in the southeast corner of Saskatchewan.

Following a weekend of heavy rains and a release of water from major dams in the area, much of the village of 147 people is under water.

The village, which is built in a valley, had survived several recent waves of water from the overflowing Souris River, but what happened Sunday proved too much.

Water started flowing over the dikes at around 7:30 a.m. CST Sunday. Much of the town was evacuated.

By Monday morning, the lowest areas were under as much as seven metres of water, according to Sharon Wells, the village's deputy mayor.

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Take a sample (1qt) to your county health department and the local pool supply retailer and have them test it and make recommendations. The CHD should test for tannins and mineral contaminants. The only time I have seen water turn something orange is when a well was drilled into a coal vein. You may have to pre-treat your water before filling the pool.

Iron in water will turn things orange as the iron, under exposure from oxygen in the air, oxidizes from the soluble ferrous (Fe2+) to the insoluble ferric (Fe3+) state. The ferric iron’s insolubility is the orange color.

Unless the iron is removed via an iron removal process, you will have this problem. Many thing adding chlorine bleach will solve this – in fact it accellerates the oxidation as the hypochlorite is a stronger oxidant than is oxygen. Remember that pool shock is 10% sodium hypochlorite, household bleach is 4 – 5 % sodium hypochlorite – so you must remove the iron from the water.

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