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Brandon Residents: It’s Time to Adjust Water Softener Settings

 

                (Oct. 27, 2025) The City of Brandon’s much awaited softened water supply is now flowing to homes and businesses. The reverse osmosis (RO) system at the expanded water treatment plant has reduced the hardness level, or amount of dissolved minerals in the water, from 24 grains per gallon (gpg) to 12 gpg.

                If you have water softener, now is the time to adjust the softening setting to 12 gpg. If you need assistance adjusting your softener setting, please contact your water softener provider for help.

                The benefits of softened water include less calcium buildup on appliances and water fixtures which can result in longer appliance and fixture lifespans, and a reduction of home water softener salt usage.

                We thank Brandon residents for their patience over the past three years through the water treatment plant expansion project and this year as we brought the RO system online. We’ve all been anxiously waiting for this day to come. Softer water is finally here.

                The expansion project increased the Brandon Water Treatment Plant’s capacity from 2,000 gallons per minute to approximately 4,000 gallons per minute. In addition to the new RO system, the water treatment plant utilizes filtration and chemical treatment to provide high-quality drinking water to Brandon residents. 

CHAPTER 12-22 MOTORIZED FOOT SCOOTERS & ELECTRIC PERSONAL ASSISTANCE DEVICES

Full Ordinance at: Scooter Ordinance  

Below is a brief summary:

Persons under 14 years of age, motorized foot scooters and electric personal assistance devices shall:

A. Not be driven on any street in which there is an adjacent sidewalk on either side of the road.

 B. Only be driven when wearing a helmet;

C. Only have one person on the device when it is being driven or ridden; and

 D. Not be driven in a speed exceeding 15 mph.

 

Persons 14 years of age and older, motorized foot scooters and electric personal assistance devices:

A. May be driven on the sidewalk and streets, however, where there is a shared use path the driver is to drive on the shared use path.

B. May not exceed a speed that applies to the street.

 

Our new payment portal is https://cityofbrandonsd.municipalonlinepayments.com/cityofbrandonsd/  If you create an account you are able to see a history of your bill, usage and more.  Or just do quick pay.  You will need your account number and last payment amount to create account or quick pay.  Call 605-582-6515 ext 1 if you need assistance.   

As a part of a nationwide initiative, water systems are asking everyone to check their pipes and report their results.  The majority of South Dakota water pipes are free of lead, but the state needs to find where lead pipes may still exist so they can be removed.  See flyer for details.

City of Brandon Press Release

 

The City of Brandon is proud of its more than 20-year positive record with the State related to its water safety and excellence, and testing compliance.  Testing compliance includes the City’s Public Works Dept. submitting monthly water samples to the State.  For well over 20 years, the City’s operators have never missed submitting to the State the monthly sample numbers, until last month.  In February, an operator sent in 7 of 10 of the monthly required water samples to the State, inadvertently failing to send in 3 samples.  The City through this release advises the residents of the operator’s failure to send in the 3 samples.  Notwithstanding, all testing supports the safety of the City’s water.  The 7 samples were supportive.  Additionally supportive are the results from the testing done by the Public Works operators repeatedly each day confirming there has never been any water safety issue.   The staff’s oversight was not intentional and the City has taken steps so that such an issue may not again happen.  The City is proud that over these 20 plus years through January, samples each month totaling more than 2000 were all timely.  It looks forward to starting a new record, one that never ends particularly with the additional measures now in place to ensure compliance.  If you have any questions as to this matter, please contact the City at:  605-582-6515.