Dangerous Levels Of Lead Found In An Ohio City’s Water System

[ksen]

http://thinkprogress.org/health/2016/01/25/3742655/lead-water-sebring/

As all eyes are on the water contamination crisis plaguing Flint, Michigan, another U.S. city is grappling with similar questions about whether its public officials ignored warning signs suggesting its tap water wasn’t safe to drink.

It’s been two months since the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency first identified excessive levels of lead in the town of Sebring’s public water system. However, despite the EPA’s requirements to inform the public by the end of November, Sebring residents were only told of the contamination last week.

Leadgate
Leadghazi

Not sure which one to go with.

 

[arkirk]

http://thinkprogress.org/health/2016/01/25/3742655/lead-water-sebring/

As all eyes are on the water contamination crisis plaguing Flint, Michigan, another U.S. city is grappling with similar questions about whether its public officials ignored warning signs suggesting its tap water wasn’t safe to drink.

It’s been two months since the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency first identified excessive levels of lead in the town of Sebring’s public water system. However, despite the EPA’s requirements to inform the public by the end of November, Sebring residents were only told of the contamination last week.

Leadgate
Leadghazi

Not sure which one to go with.

Small town officials with the mental acuity of Sarah Palin are apt to screw with operational personnel in water plants when a problem occurs that might cost money to fix. They are apt to browbeat them and demand false reporting or perhaps no reporting or whatever they think they can get away with. I have seen it in two California towns. When a routine water quality report should be merely noting the figures that come up as a result of water tests, often those who prepare those reports get reviewed by higher ups in the chain of command and actually even changed. Lawyers read the reports and they often have no idea of the significance of what is being reported and try to fudge numbers to fall within compliance range when they are not. I have had bosses fight with me about water quality reports but had made sure that my numbers were not altered. An operator is only safe doing this if his plant operates in compliance with the standards.

If the plants were properly operated, it appears we have knowledge of a number of cities where officials did not mind lying to the public on several different levels in addition to a governor who belongs in jail along with his administrator.

 

[Nice Squirrel]

The good thing here is that these horror stories are driving interest in my state's upcoming water summit. It's become a real big deal. People are actually discussing it in bars. Yes, we are all becoming freaking nerds. We have a $2 billion surplus and need to spend $1.5 billion to upgrade water facilities, and considering ways to control agricultural runoff without substantially hurting agriculture. Big problems.

25% of residents get their water from private wells (usually untested).
25% of residents get their water from municipal wells (some drawing down aquifers).
50% of residents get their water from surface water (primarily the Mississippi and Superior).

 

[dismal]

http://thinkprogress.org/health/2016/01/25/3742655/lead-water-sebring/

As all eyes are on the water contamination crisis plaguing Flint, Michigan, another U.S. city is grappling with similar questions about whether its public officials ignored warning signs suggesting its tap water wasn’t safe to drink.

It’s been two months since the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency first identified excessive levels of lead in the town of Sebring’s public water system. However, despite the EPA’s requirements to inform the public by the end of November, Sebring residents were only told of the contamination last week.

Leadgate
Leadghazi

Not sure which one to go with.

I was thinking watergate. Feels like it could catch on.

 

[ksen]

too derivative

 

[Don2 (Don1 Revised)]

In before, this is the EPA's fault.

 

[dismal]

This never would have happened if Sebring, OH were not 0.2% Black.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebring,_Ohio

 

[Nice Squirrel]

This never would have happened if Sebring, OH were not 0.2% Black.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebring,_Ohio

Why did you post this?

 

[untermensche]

This is what it means it to be reduced to a third world nation.

Enjoy this great new world brought to you by the Reagan Revolution.

 

[braces_for_impact]

Imma just get my card out now...