Post by pavel on Jan 8, 2016 23:39:20 GMT -6
Kenedy residents notified of drinking water arsenic violation
KENEDY – Kenedy residents and businesses received letters from the city’s water system department notifying them about excessively high levels of arsenic in the city’s water supply.
The letter, which is dated Dec. 16, states that the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has notified the city that the drinking water in the system had exceeded the maximum contaminant level (MCL) for arsenic.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has established the MCL for arsenic at 0.010 milligrams per liter (mg/L).
The EPA has determined that it is a health concern at levels above the MCL.
The letter said that arsenic levels of 0.012 mg/L were measured in the third quarter of 2014.
In the fourth quarter of 2014, the levels rose to 0.016 mg/L.
In the first and second quarters of 2015, the levels rose to 0.017 mg/L.
In the third quarter of 2015, the levels dropped to 0.013, but were still higher than the MCL of 0.010.
Read more: mysoutex.com/view/full_story_karnes_free/27037295/article-Kenedy-residents-notified-of-drinking-water-arsenic-violation?instance=karnes_news
Could it be that they are in the middle of the Eagle Ford shale area where they frack for oil and gas?
KENEDY – Kenedy residents and businesses received letters from the city’s water system department notifying them about excessively high levels of arsenic in the city’s water supply.
The letter, which is dated Dec. 16, states that the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has notified the city that the drinking water in the system had exceeded the maximum contaminant level (MCL) for arsenic.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has established the MCL for arsenic at 0.010 milligrams per liter (mg/L).
The EPA has determined that it is a health concern at levels above the MCL.
The letter said that arsenic levels of 0.012 mg/L were measured in the third quarter of 2014.
In the fourth quarter of 2014, the levels rose to 0.016 mg/L.
In the first and second quarters of 2015, the levels rose to 0.017 mg/L.
In the third quarter of 2015, the levels dropped to 0.013, but were still higher than the MCL of 0.010.
Read more: mysoutex.com/view/full_story_karnes_free/27037295/article-Kenedy-residents-notified-of-drinking-water-arsenic-violation?instance=karnes_news
Could it be that they are in the middle of the Eagle Ford shale area where they frack for oil and gas?
