The company It wants the public to disregard such claims, stating that its products are certified by the Foods and Drugs Authority.
In a statement signed by its Head of communication Emmanuel Quist, Blow Chem said: “Management of Bel-Aqua Mineral Water wishes to educate members of the general public on healthy ways to transport and store bottled-water in order to avoid contamination in the wake of a video in circulation which is alleging algae growth in a bottle of Bel-Aqua purchased by an alleged customer.” It added: “We wish to emphasize that Bel-Aqua is produced under the strictest hygiene and health conditions supervised by the Food and Drugs Authority, which ensures that the water produced is kept whole and fresh until consumption.
“However, this quality, just like any other bottled water, and by extension, any manufactured product, may be compromised if not handled properly during transportation and storage leading to post-factory contaminations like the current case in point.” The following are the main pointers to remember when transporting and storing bottled water before use; Do not expose to sunlight Bottled water exposed to the sun during transportation or storage is unhealthy for the consumer as it exposes the water to the BPA material used in manufacturing the bottle.
Another possible manifestation of over-exposure of bottled water to sunlight is the presence of algae.
According to the International Bottle Water Association (IBWA), “When water (Bottled Water) is exposed to extended periods of direct sunlight or heat sources, algae or mold may infrequently develop.
Although this is not a general concern, the bottled water industry wants you to enjoy the freshest, cleanest water possible, and storing water in a cool place out of direct sunlight helps assure that.” Prolonged exposure of bottled water to sunlight may also lead to sedimentation of minerals in the water, causing them to appear in the water as crystalized particles.
This is not harmful to the consumer, though it may seem alarming.
Therefore, bottled water must be stored in places rid of chemicals and poisonous substances that can compromise the quality of the water.
Report all cases of suspected unwholesome products to the FDA We encourage members of the general public to report all suspected cases of unwholesome water products to the Food and Drugs Authority, as it is the right thing to do.
Concerning Video In Circulation We entreat our cherished customers and members of the general public to disregard the impression being created that water from our factory is unwholesome, and rather encourage you to purchase your favorite Bel-Aqua from vendors who uphold the right storage and transportation standards.

PORTLAND — Town officials from Portland and East Hampton are scheduled to sit down Friday with state officials and water company representatives to discuss extending water service through Portland into East Hampton and perhaps beyond.
Portland hopes to extend an existing water line east along the Route 66 corridor, while East Hampton is in desperate need of a reliable water supply.
In a Nov. 21 letter to DPH commissioner Dr. Paul Pino requesting the meeting, Portland First Selectwoman Susan S. Bransfield acknowledged East Hampton has “significant water quality and quantity issues.” Portland has been asked to allow the Metropolitan District Commission “to utilize portions of our system to expand their services to supply water” to East Hampton, she said.
During a conversation in her Town Hall office Wednesday, Bransfield said expanding water service to East Hampton opens the door to a similar expansion to communities further to the east.
Looming above all these issues is the question of funding a waterline expansion.
In a report to the Town Council earlier this month, East Hampton Town Manager Michael Maniscalco said it could cost plus/minus $80 million to bring a reliable water system into the center of town.
Council Chairwoman Melissa H. Engel agreed.
Maniscalco said he welcomes the opportunity to sit down with Bransfield, DPH officials as well as representatives from the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, Hebron Town Manager Andy Tierney and Marlborough First Selectwoman Amy Traversa.
Also scheduled to take part in the meeting are Chatham Health District Executive Director Don Mitchell, and representatives of the Lower River Council of Governments, the MDC and the CT Water Co. Maniscalco has been in discussion with both CT Water and the Aquarion Water Co. as well as MDC.
Maniscalco said he is “very hopeful that we will get some kind of direction for moving forward” during Friday’s meeting.

Harrietsfield resident Marlene Brown, who has been fighting for clean water to drink in the area for more than a decade, said one of her two jobs takes her to an after-school program adjacent to the Harrietsfield school.
But kids have different-sized bottles.
The measures include permanent signage reminders advising students that tap water is not suitable for drinking, and supervision to ensure students don’t drink it.
She said there are no water fountains in the school and bottled water is provided.
“A couple of residents who live out here, they started a ‘We Need Water, Heave Steve’ (sign campaign), against our councillor, Steve Adams.” Wayne Rhyno fears for the health of the 162 students at Harrietsfield Elementary School.
Harrietsfield resident Marlene Brown, who has been fighting for clean water to drink in the area for more than a decade, said one of her two jobs takes her to an after-school program adjacent to the Harrietsfield school.
But kids have different-sized bottles.
The measures include permanent signage reminders advising students that tap water is not suitable for drinking, and supervision to ensure students don’t drink it.
She said there are no water fountains in the school and bottled water is provided.
“A couple of residents who live out here, they started a ‘We Need Water, Heave Steve’ (sign campaign), against our councillor, Steve Adams.”

Communities in Bagaces show their concern for arsenic in their water on social media and during visits from the Voice of Guanacaste despite efforts by Costa Rica’s Aqueducts and Sewers Institute (AyA) to keep it below maximum levels.
She agrees that water has been their main concern for years.
“We’ve been drinking water our whole lives without knowing exactly what’s in it.” In Quintas don Miguel, in downtown Bagaces, Eliécer González has the main concern.
While there is a plant here that removes arsenic from water, residents don’t trust that the filter works properly.
In 2017 it warned state institutions in charge of providing water that they should provide more information to communities so they have more clarity.
“People are still uncertain.” The concerns aren’t in vain.
That’s why AyA says it keeps a monthly registry of arsenic levels in aqueducts like Falconiana (which supplies Bagatzi) and Quintas don Miguel.
This is lacking in Bagatzí and Quintas Don Miguel because, according to the institution, residents haven’t requested it.
“Sometimes we call AyA’s office in Bagaces to ask why there is no water, but no one answers,” says Maricela Boniche.
This new aqueduct will substitute the source of drinking water for residents in communities affected by arsenic.

Residents of a Kilsyth street are complaining their water has been smelling of chlorine or bleach for the past few weeks.
Catherine O’Donnell of Cavalry Park first noticed the problem on Christmas Eve and reported it to Scottish Water and then again on January 5 and before taking to the utility company’s Facebook page on January 8.
She said: “We reported the problem right away and had a man turn up at the door advising we were not getting bottled water despite samples from other households in the estate being above the level they should be.” It is claimed that chlorine readings from other houses in the estate were as high as 7.7 parts per million, Scottish Water own website states safe levels are up to five parts per million.
After complaining for a second time Catherine was told a sample would be taken on January 7, but this didn’t happen.
She said: “The tester was a no show and we had not had our water checked despite other households in the estate having water sample readings above average acceptable chlorine level.
“To say it was diabolical is an understatement, for us to be paying for a service which ignores our concerns and issues.” Finally on Thursday the O’Donnell household had their water tested for chlorine and was found to have 0.97 parts per million.
A Scottish Water spokesperson said: “A small number of customers in Cavalry Park, Kilsyth, have contacted us with concerns regarding a smell of chlorine from their water supply.
“We have carried out tests on samples taken from the area and we would like to reassure those customers that the water is perfectly safe to drink.
“Further information explaining why customers might be able to smell chlorine in their water can be found on the Scottish Water website at https://www.scottishwater.co.uk/you-and-your-home/your-home/customer-factsheets/5-chlorine-explained.” Despite Scottish Water’s reassurances Catherine’s husband Richard is still not keen to drink the water.
He said: “I left a glass with water in it, after tasting it and it being unpleasant, for a few hours and it was stinking, it smelt like bleach”

A mistake at the water treatment plant is to blame for brown, foul-smelling water pouring from taps in a Rangitīkei town, but officials say it shouldn’t be making people sick.
Marton resident Michael Gough said the discoloration and smell had been an off and on problem for decades.
Advertise with Stuff "I thought something in our house was causing it.
I didn’t think it might be the water, until I saw other complaints of rashes and blistering after showers on social media."
​Aleesha Rubie​ said even after living in Marton for two years she still couldn’t believe how frequent the water problems were.
But that could also be a reaction to the more fragrant washing powders she’s been using to overpower the water’s "swamp smell" on their clothes, she said.
McNeil said Marton had struggled with brown water since it was founded.
The area’s water has high levels of manganese minerals, which causes a brown slime in pipes and waterways.
When the slime comes loose in the water system, the town’s water turns brown.
The new treatment regime has largely kept the water clear, but a recent misjudgment of the chlorine levels allowed the manganese into the mains, McNeil said.

Crews planned to work through the night on the broken pipe.
For more than 30 hours, she went without water at her home in Willow Glen, a subdivision of semi-detached and single-family houses in Ontelaunee Township, because of a water main break in an embankment along Route 61.
About 400 customers in Willow Glen went without water service from about 4 p.m. Monday through late Tuesday.
"It’s like I am living in the ‘Little House on the Prairie,’ " Cavosi said Tuesday afternoon, while water service was interrupted.
The leak was caused by a 2-inch chlorine pipe that accompanies the main, said Kim Mazur, RAWA’s director of operations and maintenance.
"We will do whatever we have to do to make it work," she said.
As repair work stretched into Tuesday, RAWA asked the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection for an emergency permit to divert water from a fire hydrant in the township to provide water to Willow Glen as a contingency, Murray said.
There are a variety of causes of RAWA’s water main breaks, and though the system has some aged pipes, particularly in some city locations, age isn’t necessarily to blame, Murray said.
Some lines have lead-based joints, not mechanical joints, that can separate if the ground moves, according to Murray.
In August and September, RAWA repaired breaks to two major mains under Route 61 in Muhlenberg Township that feed water to much of northern Reading, and Murray blames the ruptures on construction work in the area by a third party he would not name.

A sewage leak that occurred last November on Donaldbin Close in Edgartown has the water department giving some homes free access to town water.
Several distraught residents of the small Edgartown neighborhood voiced their concerns at a joint meeting Monday between selectmen, the water department, and the wastewater department.
The pipe that broke was installed in 2008, raising fears among abutting homeowners that the leak could have been going on for a long time.
David Thompson, facilities manager at the town’s wastewater department, told selectmen while the leak was small and sewage tends to come to the surface quickly, the amount of fill that was removed from the site was cause for concern.
The water department will waive the usage charge for the first 49,999 gallons of water used.
The project to hook up homeowners within 100 feet of the leak to town water will cost the water department upwards of $30,000.
The town is not required to hook up homeowners to town water, because testing on wells has come back negative, but Hagerty said he understands homeowners being concerned about their water.
In other business, selectmen asked Hagerty to advertise positions for a Community Preservation Act (CPA) evaluation committee.
Hagerty said certain voters on the floor at town meeting had concerns about the value of the CPA and wanted more oversight with the use of funds.
“Those funds have built a lot of tremendous things in the town, but we do owe it to [voters] to have a study group for various stakeholders.

Residents of Adrian, Mich., say they have been complaining to the city for months about the taste and smell of the water Residents of Adrian, Mich., are raising concerns about their drinking water.
According to Michigan Radio, residents say they have been complaining to the city for months about the taste and smell of the water.
A group of residents obtained independent lab results showing cyanobacteria in some drinking water samples, according to Michigan Radio.
Director of Helix Biolab Tom Prychitko, the lab that did the testing, says the difference in results is because Adrian is testing only for the presence of microcystin.
Microcystin is one of the most common toxins produced by cyanobacteria.
According to Michigan Radio, neither the city nor the lab found the toxin in the city’s water.
According to Michigan Radio, microcystin is the most familiar toxin of concern that can be found in drinking water.
I would be cautious about drinking the tap water," Prychitko said to Michigan Radio.
Adrian draws some of its drinking water from Lake Adrian, according to Michigan Radio.
Brittany Dulbs is a resident and an organizer for a group of citizens concerned about water quality in Adrian.

Anglian Water have sent letters out to those residents affected in Horncastle urging them to boil their tap water while the company carries out an investigation.
It also covers making sure you boil drinking water for pets and livestock too.
Areas affected: 21-37 (odds number only) Langton Hill 40-76 (even numbers only) Langton Hill All of Langton Drive All of Langton Close All of Millstone Close All of Brackenbury Close 3-15 (odd numbers only) Woodhall Road Anglian water said that they are investigating third party damage to the water supply to this area.
An Anglian Water spokesperson said: “We have contacted a small number of the residents in the Langton area of Horncastle to ask them to boil their tap water and leave it to cool before using it for drinking, cooking, preparing food and brushing teeth until further notice.
“This applies to drinking water for pets and livestock, too, but it is still OK to use your water for washing, bathing and flushing toilets.
In total 90 properties are affected, which we are in contact with and have delivered bottled water to, for customers to use while the issue is resolved.
“We are working hard to get things back to normal as quickly as possible and we are very sorry for the inconvenience caused but customers’ health and wellbeing must come first.
“We have delivered letters to every property affected with all the information they need and we will keep in touch with them until the situation returns to normal."
Residents can get further information from Anglian Water’s customer services department on 03457 145 145.
Anyone with concerns about their health should contact their GP or NHS Choices 111.