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Century Fails To Test Drinking Water For Cyanide, Organic Compounds For Entire Year, DEP Says
May 2, 2024
The Town of Century failed to properly monitor their water system for several compounds for an entire year, according to a warning letter from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).
According to an April 24 letter to Mayor Luis Gomez, Jr., Century failed to test for inorganic cyanide, secondary color, secondary foaming agents, and all synthetic organic compounds for the 2023 monitoring period.
Century will now be required to issue a public notice to water customers advising them of the missed sampling within 90 days and respond to the allegation within 15 days.
For a copy of the required public notice template, click here.
“Violations of Florida Statutes or administrative rules may result in liability for damages and restoration, and the judicial imposition of civil penalties,” the DEP letter states. “This Warning Letter is part of an agency investigation, preliminary to agency action in accordance to (Florida statutes.)”
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22 Responses to “Century Fails To Test Drinking Water For Cyanide, Organic Compounds For Entire Year, DEP Says”
Mayor Luis Gomez, Jr., his entire family as well as the Town of Century Council should be restricted to consuming the “safe” water and bathing, washing, cooking with it for a year.
Good Grief, what does it take before this joke of a Town is dismantled?
Easy to understand why the Escambia County Commission doesn’t want any part of the liability that years of neglect and corrosion have taken on that little spot in the road.
It’s past time for the county or state to step in and take over the management of Century. Reports like this one have been the norm not the rare instance for far too long. When the residents of this once proud town are being put in harms way there’s no longer time for excuses or patience.
their water is almost as bad as their counsel.
Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Anyone that knowingly allowed this to happen must be held accountable. This is the same out of sight out of mind ideology that Jackson Ms. And Detroit Mi. residents have faced for years. It’s time for those that can do something about the blatant abuse of position to step up to the plate.
Maybe we could sucker Alabama into buying Century from Florida.
People vote for leaders they can relate to . Smart folks vote for a smart man, stupid ones prefer a fool and crooked folks look for dishonesty in a candidate
Nothing to see here . Move along (drink) .
As a former longtime resident of Walnut Hill it always amazed me then, as it does now, how do the people serving Century continue to do so? For goodness sakes, why are they still in a position to continue? I can shrug and say Century, but this is crazy town.
This is not a case where the previous administration can be held accountable for this error. Gomez cannot hold an intelligent conversation with a broom handle yet he was chosen as mayor. At what point will actions be taken by the state for the ineptitude?
I thought I was a man till I saw the people in century drinking the yellow water.
Wow…I smell a Class Action lawsuit…Come on Century yall can do better than this…I mean really,Posining the folks that live and support the City Council..No excuse.Take action.
If I resided in Century, I’d be asking myself when does mere incompetence rise to the level of criminality?
The people need to get together and take out a Class Action Lawsuit against the city of Century
May God help the residents of Century.
If citizens were harmed or damaged by the water I think the TOC could face a class action lawsuit.
TIME FOR JAIL
Not unexpected, right? Town of Century government incompetence on full display, again.
So the drinking water may have inorganic cyanide, but at last they have nice Christmas lights.
When is the State going to recognize that Century is a failed city and needs to be dissolved? The repeated failures of management are getting ridiculous but now actually could be very dangerous.
It’s time to take the keys from grandpa. This is the tenth mailbox this year we’ve had to replace. Century, like Prichard, AL. Can’t fix their own stupid.
As someone who has worked for a rural water district I don’t know how you could not comply with state rules. The consequences to the public and the fines by the state are too costly to not comply. somewhere moral integrity should kick in especialy when you drink the same water.
The first two words in the headline and first five words in the story say it all.