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PAGE 11 - August 29, 2007
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YANKEETOWN MAYOR'S REPORT
A Guest Commentary by Mayor Dawn Clary
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movie theater. The implication is that it is not OK to say things that are not true which impact
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public safety. This week I received in town hall a letter from a gentlemen who is a part time
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He was very upset by a letter printed in the Newscaster written by Glen Spetz, former
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town Council Member and Water Liaison, which was attached. Spetz's letter, printed on July
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4th, stated that in Spetz' opinion "the DEP (Department of Environmental Protection) June
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2007, water Quality Report lists an excessive level of a new lethal contaminant". The "new
lethal contaminant" was Spetz's wording and his inflammatory language was referring to
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Haloacetic Acid. Haloacetic Acid is another by product of disinfection of the water, the same
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as Trihalomethanes. Chlorine is a good thing because it kills germs, but it interacts with the
organics in the water to produce some chemicals which MAY be harmful to humans down the
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road. The amount of Haloacetic acid in our water varies from time to time and this month we
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were BELOW the limit.
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Coastal communities all over Florida are wrestling with this problem. An interesting
comment in Mr. Spetz's letter was the comment "a new" lethal contaminant. This seemed to imply
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that there is an "old" lethal contaminant. Trihalomethanes, existed for years during Spetz's term
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as water liaison. The literature does not support that this is an immediate "lethal" threat. The
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health agencies are aware of our levels and would have stopped our water production in a heart
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beat if they felt that this was an immediate threat. The letter sent out to the public was provided
to us by the DEP. Spetz's inflammatory language appears to be fear mongering and it goes to the
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is not right. The level of margin in the limits has been deemed sufficient to allow us time to
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continue until the new plant is built which will fix the problem. The Town Council is working hard
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to keep the new water plant proceeding. Everyone involved in this issue, including Mr. Spetz as
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a former council member, has a higher level of responsibility concerning how this issue is dealt
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with. The quote of the day goes to Marsha Drew, "It is unfortunate that he doesn't get involved
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office, but rather chooses to place blame for issues that we inherited". Good Night and Good
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Luck. Dawn
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