{"id":169576,"date":"2023-08-30T04:03:03","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T09:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=169576"},"modified":"2023-08-30T04:03:04","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T09:03:04","slug":"city-still-dealing-with-tthm-water-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2023\/08\/30\/city-still-dealing-with-tthm-water-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"City still dealing with TTHM water issues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>SCOTT TRUXELL\/<\/strong><em>independent editor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The City of Van Wert continues to fight levels of TTHM (total trihalomethanes) that are above drinking water standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The topic was addressed by Safety-Service Director Jay Fleming during Monday night\u2019s meeting of Van Wert City Council. The most recent round of testing showed levels above the standard of 0.080 mg\/L.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"239\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Jay-Fleming-8-14-2023.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-168992\"\/><figcaption>Jay Fleming<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe did sample last week and got the results on Friday,\u201d Fleming said. \u201cWe had two results of 0.090 and 0.094. It\u2019s unfortunate (because) August every year is our worst time because we\u2019re treating 80 degree water and that\u2019s where these things like to thrive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fleming went on to say he was notified by the Ohio EPA on Friday that the city will be getting findings and orders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe haven\u2019t gotten out of this cycle so what findings and orders will do is\u2026basically they\u2019ll ask to give them a date when we\u2019re going to bring this plan in compliance and what steps are going to be taken to do that,\u201d Fleming stated. \u201cWe\u2019ll negotiate on that timing \u2013 that could be 1-3 years, we just don\u2019t know until we enter into discussions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also said believes a water tower mixer concept would work and he said data that\u2019s starting to build shows a treatment technique change made two weeks ago is showing some positive results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe may always have 0.090\u2019s in August but if we can maintain the rest of the year in the 0.050-0.070 range, that 0.090 won\u2019t affect us and won\u2019t put us in violation,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re going to try to get as much time as we can because this is an expensive endeavor that may not be necessary if the the treatment processes that we\u2019ve implemented work.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Notices sent out by the city this year said the levels detected do not pose an immediate risk to your health. Some people who drink water containing trihalomethanes in excess of the MCL over many years may experience problems with their liver, kidneys, or central nervous systems, and may have an increased risk of getting cancer. The notices also said residents do not need to use an alternative (e.g. bottled) water supply but anyone with specific health concerns should consult their doctor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent editor The City of Van Wert continues to fight levels of TTHM (total trihalomethanes) that are above drinking water standards. The topic was addressed by Safety-Service Director Jay Fleming during Monday night\u2019s meeting of Van Wert City Council. The most recent round of testing showed levels above the standard of 0.080 mg\/L. \u201cWe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-169576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-10 12:07:25","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169576"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":169608,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169576\/revisions\/169608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}