LIVINGSTON COUNTY – The Village of Geneseo is spearheading an over $13,000 study for an engineering firm to recommend a removal system for a known carcinogen, trihalomethanes (THM's), in their water storage tank, which serves customers in Geneseo, Leicester and York. Bill Davis with MRB Engineering, the Village's go-to engineering firm, said that the $13,750 study would recommend the best device to keep drinking water THM's below the maximum … [Read more...]
York Violates Drinking Water Standard, Seeks Solution
YORK – The Town of York has released a public notice that their water supply has contained higher-than-allowable levels of Trihalomethanes (THM's) for the past four quarters. According to the notice, the drinking water's running annual average is 82.25 micrograms per liter of Total Trihalomethanes (THM's), slightly above the maximum contaminant level (MCL) of 80 micrograms per liter. "Our water system recently violated a drinking water … [Read more...]
Geneseo Town and Village Cut Carcinogen in Water by Half
GENESEO – Cooperative efforts by the local highway superintendent, Town, and Village have cut the already very small levels of a potentially harmful chemical in local water by an astonishing nearly 50% since 2014. Due to retrofit work on the local three-million-gallon water storage tank on Reservoir Road, recorded levels of Trihalomethanes (TTHM's), a known carcinogen, have fallen from 67 micrograms per liter, the lowest recorded level in … [Read more...]