IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR DRINKING WATER

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR DRINKING WATER

City of Bunnell Chemical Monitoring Public Notice

What happened? Our water system did not meet the requirements of a drinking water rule. Although this is not an emergency, as our customers, you have a right to know what happened, what you should do, and what we are doing to correct this situation.

We routinely monitor for the presence of drinking water contaminants. Due to mechanical failure of a chlorine probe our system currently exceeds the standards, or maximum contaminant levels (MCL), for chlorine. The MCL is 4 mg/L, the result was 7.97 mg/L.

What should I do? Some people who drink water containing high levels chlorine could experience eye/nose irritation and stomach discomfort. Health effects language for individual contaminants can be obtained by visiting the EPA website at: https://www.epa.gov/ground-water-and-drinking-water/table-regulated-drin... by contacting us at the number below.  

Any customers who are concerned about their exposure to these contaminants can choose alternative sources of water for ingestion.

What is being done? The chlorine probe has been fixed and we’re treating the water at 3.00 mg/L. We’re also flushing hydrants and our ground storage tank to get rid of the high chlorine water as soon as we can.                            

For more information, please contact Nathaniel Randolph at 386-586-8059 or contact the Department of Environmental Protection, Potable Water Section at 904-256-1700.

Please share this information with all the other people who drink this water, especially those who may not have received this notice directly (for example, people in apartments, nursing homes, schools, and businesses). You can do this by posting this notice in a public place or distributing copies by hand or mail.

This notice is being sent to you by our water system: City of Bunnell

Potable Water System ID: 2180134

Date distributed:  September 8th, 2022