We’ve told you a few times about the part-time Advocate designer Jeanine Bales who has been struggling with bad water in her Munger Place neighborhood and the city’s slow response to what by appearances is a fairly dire matter and a potentially dangerous health issue. On her own, Bales and her Munger Place neighbors have hired outside labs to have the water tested and they are waiting on results. Using home test kits, they have found varying levels of pesticides, nitrates, nitrites and bacteria.

After I last wrote about this, Dallas Water Department’s Mike Mikeska returned my call to say they were investigating, flushing and sent a crew out to take a sample. They will continue to take samples from customers and the lines, he says. The investigation is ongoing.

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City manager Mary Suhm assured Bales in a letter that pipeline replacement is slated to begin by spring 2014.

“Maintaining the quality of drinking water is our most important responsibility. Water personnel will continue to monitor and take whatever action is needed to sustain the quality of water within your area.”

NBC 5 also ran a story featuring Bales the other night.

While some things seems to be happening, Bales and her neighbors still are stuck with what they still suspect is unsafe water, and the dog still won’t go near it.