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DEP: Century Failed To Properly Monitor Water For Disinfection Byproducts
October 25, 2024
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) said the Town of Century water system failed to properly monitor for disinfection byproducts as required over a three-month period.
In a letter dated Wednesday to Mayor Luis Gomez. Jr. DEP said the town must issue a public notice to advise water system customers about the missed tests.
“The system monitored for total trihalomethanes (TTHM) but failed to monitor for haloacetic acids (HAA5),” DEP said in the letter. According to the National Institute of Health, the chemicals are formed as byproducts during the disinfection of water with another chemical such as chlorine. It can take years or even decades of exposure to cause any health problems.
The monitoring violations notice that DEP will require Century to distribute will state, “During July – September 2024 we did not complete all monitoring for disinfection byproducts and therefore cannot be sure of the quality of
your drinking water during that time.”
As a footnote, the notice will, however, state that, some people “who drink water containing haloacetic acids in excess of the MCL over many years may have an increased risk of getting cancer.”
Regulated HAA5s include monochloroacetic, dichloroacetic, trichloroacetic, monobromoacetic, and dibromoacetic acids.
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19 Responses to “DEP: Century Failed To Properly Monitor Water For Disinfection Byproducts”
WOW,Really??? THIS SHOULD BE SENT TO THE GOVERNOR S OFFICE….THIS SHOULD BE A CRIME. ESPECIALLY SINCE And OUTSIDE AGENCY WAS HIRED.HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE ACTIONS?
It’s only drinking water ; what’s the big deal ?
Every time I think I’ve seen and heard the craziest things century surprises me with another one. Anyone ever watched Erin Brockovitch? It’s starting to sound like that movie, only we have far more than water issues alone. This town needs saving!! Jesus take the wheel!
This is all crazy. Gomez just hired a company to run water system another waist of money. Fire. GOMEZ
Mike
Propety values are low, so taxes are also low. Our home in another location would be worth a lot more.
Not going to move from here because of this.
Thankfully no, there is still plenty of undeveloped land. We have wildlife all around yet the convenience of grocery hardware post office etc with in walking distance. Vallarta is booming on a Friday night and has expanded to outdoor dining.
FDOT is putting up crosswalks.
The water is most likely fine but yes, they don’t t need to fail to test by FDEP standards.
Water runs in water runs out and the garbage is picked up. Hopefully that continues to happen one way or the other.
@Mike Evidently you haven’t seen the HUGE for sale sign at the previous Mayor’s home. Many of us are planning to move but who are we going sell to? Nobody in their right mind would move here! You can’t even talk to the mayor. He even blocked me on Facebook! haha
Arrest Gomez, charges are stupidity
Lawsuits are expensive and going against government is a stretch.
Since Salzman is in the position to do something and isn’t she should also be included in the misfeasance.
All she has to do is introduce legislation to disincorporate and arrange for municipal services from other providers. ***Before the Election**
Century is a synonym for Failure. Someone put this town out of its misery before someone is harmed.State, are you listening.
Out of curiosity, is anyone actually moving TO century? With all the building of homes around the county, I am just very curious if this is also true in century. Or are the residents stuck because there is no one that would actually purchase their home leaving the only option to abandonment and just leaving.
I drink bottled water. never trust the town of century.
Century.
Failure.
Inept.
Again.
When you think “failed” we say “Century”
A lawsuit is what is needed to wake this council up. Taxation without representation and breach of charter requirements are civil failures but putting the populations health in jeopardy is negligence that can have catastrophic effects for years.
Didn’t Century outsource running the water to another one of Gomez s consultants? This is why you vote NO on the charter changes. The last thing Century needs is to give the mayor more spending power when this is the kind of decisions being made.
When is enough this is pitiful for Century but when is the county or State going to stop it maybe someone needs to go to bigger officials
Lawsuit people. This is ongoing serious stuff from this administration and his minions. Yall gonna wait till someone does get cancer and die before anybody takes legal action? And now he wants total control. Wake up century residents.
@just saying
I would have moved,right after mayor Boutwell resigned
I would drink bottled water.