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Wednesday, January 27th, 2016

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

Author:     Alex Zielinski
Source:     Think Progress
Publication Date:     Jan 25, 2016 4:47 pm
 Link: Dangerous Levels Of Lead Found In An Ohio City’s Water System
Stephan:   The Flint, Michigan lead poisoning situation is the direct result of incompetence by Governor Rick Snyder. But it is just the most egregious example of yet another infrastructure crisis. The older cities in the U.S. have water systems that are a century or older, and are breaking down. Here is an example of what I mean.

Ohio waterAs 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.

“It has become apparent that our field office was too patient in dealing with the village of Sebring’s ‘cat and mouse’ game and should have had closer scrutiny on the water system meeting its deadlines,” Ohio EPA Director Craig Butler told the Daily Mail.

Coming just days after President Barack Obama declared a state of emergency in Flint — where residents have been exposed to toxic levels of lead in their own water system — this news isn’t being taken lightly by Ohio officials. On Monday, the state ordered the suspension of Sebring Water Superintendent Jim Bates amid […]

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