The Haines Borough Administration Building, March 3, 2025. (Will Steinfeld/Chilkat Valley News)

The Haines Borough  informed residents on Jan. 7 that testing showed it had violated drinking water standards for turbidity between August and November last year. 

Turbidity, a measurement of how much light passes through a water column, is caused by solid material suspended in the water. Too much of it can interfere with how well the water can be disinfected. That means that…

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