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Officials: Test Results Continue to See Water Quality Improvement

Posted/updated on: February 4, 2016 at 2:52 pm
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cityoftylerTYLER — Tyler Water Utilities says it continues to see improvements in the city’s drinking water quality according to test results. According to a news release, the latest readings from all eight sampling sites are significantly below the maximum contaminant level threshold of 60 parts per billion (ppb) for haloacetic acids. After customers received notice of the exceedance of haloacetic acids in the drinking water, many questions were asked regarding the safety of Tyler’s water. To answer the citizens’ call for action, Mayor Heines held a press conference last November saying he’d asked City Manager Ed Broussard to contact a third party, eHt, to evaluate Tyler Water utilities and its processes.

After several weeks of physically inspecting both water treatment facilities, interviewing operations and maintenance staff, reviewing critical treatment processes, eHt representative Scott Hibbs said that his group found the facilities to be well maintained and effectively operated by Utilities staff. In the final report to the City of Tyler, eHt made several recommendations to reduce the formation of disinfection by-products, some of which can be completed immediately at little cost. Other recommendations will take longer and involve capital improvements, according to the news release.

Prior to the evaluation of the production system, Tyler Water Utilities had already gained approval from TCEQ to put in place several improvements that coincided with eHt’s recommendations. With the changes that have already been put in place, the water treatment process has shown improvement, officials say. According to city staff, the most recent test results obtained from TCEQ Wednesday showed significant improvements in the haloacetic numbers. Staffers say all eight sampling locations were well below the maximum contaminant level of 60 ppb with results ranging from 34.8 to 47.1. To keep the public informed, Tyler Water Utilities will mail progress reports to its customers to continue its mission to provide the safest and best drinking water possible, according to the news release.



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