The East Valley Tribune (AZ) reports:

Scottsdale officials Tuesday ordered a study into the possibility of taking over water service to about 1,200 city residents from a private water utility after a hazardous chemical pollutant entered the company's water supply twice in three months.

The City Council voted unanimously to begin an investigation of the city's options in securing safe water for Scottsdale customers on Arizona American Water Co.'s system. Those options could include buying or condemning the Scottsdale portion of the private utility's system, or running parallel water lines to connect those customers to Scottsdale's municipal system, said Ron McCullagh, the councilman who raised the discussion.

"As Scottsdale residents and taxpayers, they deserve the same safe and reliable water delivery service that we give to other residents of this city," McCullagh said.

We learn from the editor of Random Musings that Mccullagh is a customer of Arizona American Water Company, the private utility in question. After attending the meeting, Random Musings had this to share:

I don't think this will actually go anywhere; it seemed to be more an exercise in "showing the voters that we're on top of things" than anything else. The council members seemed to hope that the [study] will say that the problem has been dealt with and no one needs to worry any more.

For East Valley Tribune coverage, see here. For the inside scoop from Random Musings, see here.