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The city is required to notify its customers that samples taken in November 2020 and March 2021 failed water test results. (Shutterstock)
ST. HELENA, CA The city of St. Helena s water system recently failed a drinking water standard, city officials said Thursday evening. Although this is not an emergency, and our water is safe to drink and use, as our customers, you have a right to know what you should do, what happened, and what we are doing to correct this situation, said Jo Ann Burkman, acting chief operator for the city s water division.
The city routinely monitors its distribution system for the presence of drinking water contaminants. Testing results received for Nov. 10, 2020, and March 9, 2021, showed the system exceeded the standard or maximum contaminant level MCL for haloacetic acids, or HAA, Burkman said.
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) and Tennessee Department of Correction (“Correction”) entered into a December 7th Consent Order and Assessment (“Consent Order”) addressing alleged violations of the Tennessee rules implementing the Safe Drinking Water Act. See Case No. DWS 20-0028.
The Consent Order provides that Correction operates the Turney Center Industrial Complex (“Facility”) in Hickman County, Tennessee.
The Facility is stated to operate and/or control a community public water system (“System”). The System is stated to serve 11 connections and a population of 1,558 persons. It is classified as a Subpart H system, which includes using surface water sources.