Monday March 17 in Huntington 7 PM Source Water Assessment Protection public Meeting Open to all Monday, March 17. Drinking Water Source Protection meeting 7PM wvecouncil.org/calendar/ Beverly Hills Presbyterian Church – 4...69... Norway Ave., Huntington. Begins at 7 PM. Source Water Assessment and Protection (SWAP) is the subject this meeting sponsored by the League of Women Voters. The last section of recently passed SB 373 covers Source Water Protection. It is hoped that communities will give input into the plans that water companies are to prepare. Speakers at the League event include: From WVs Bureaut of Public Healths administrators of Source Water Assessment and Protection (SWAP) -- William Toomey and Scott Rodeheaver. From ORSANCOs SWAP program - Jerry Schulte From Cabell-Huntington Health Dept. - Stan Mills From WV American Water Company - Jeff McIntyre After the speakers present the topics, the Q and A section will be targeted to source water protection. For more information contact Helen Gibbins, 304-736-3287. 2. Go here to League of Women Voters site and link to this event open to all lwvwv.org/category/league-of-women-votes-of-wv/huntington/ See Updated list of speakers below. ________________________________________________________ Posted on the OVEC calendar ohvec.org/events_calendar/#m17 March 17: 7 p.m. League of Women Voters sponsors SWAP (Source Water Assessment Protection)meeting at Beverly Hills Presbyterian Church, 469 Norway Avenue, Huntington, WV. Update: Scheduled speakers are: William Toomey and Scott Rodeheaver, WVs SWAP program Jerry Schulte, ORSANCOs SWAP program Stan Mills, Cabell-Huntington Health Department Jeff McIntyre, WV American Water Company We were all disturbed about the chemical spill into the Elk River, 1 ½ miles above Charleston’s drinking water plant’s intake. We have seen the confusion, fears, and disorders in people’s lives. The Elk River accident points out several major problems – Freedom Industries’ not maintaining its tanks, the lack of DEP inspections of the Freedom Industries facility, Freedom’s tardiness in informing the water company of the leak, West Virginia American Water Company’s lack of knowledge of the contaminant’s potential harm, and the lack of a community plan to protect the drinking water sources. But if a SWAP program had been fully implemented, the spill probably would have been prevented. The Safe Drinking Water Act includes the SWAP program to protect drinking water plants from contaminated source waters. The assessment includes finding potential contaminant threats to drinking water sources and evaluations on whether it is likely that the source water can become contaminated. Particular concerns are on the pollutants in the Zones of Critical Concern, areas of the source water that are close to the water plant’s intakes. Communities can follow up with management plans that will protect their source waters and contingency plans on how to respond to accidents. The SWAP for Huntington’s drinking water plant was developed in 2003 by the West Virginia Bureau for Public Health Office of Environmental Health Services Environmental Engineering Division. The water plant and community did not follow up with a management plan. Huntington’s SWAP may be accessed at wvdhhr.org/oehs/eed/swap/ or by contacting Helen Gibbins, gibbins@frontier. See More Huntington’s March 2014 bulletin
Posted on: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 21:38:33 +0000
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