City of Italy water system violates lead and chlorine reporting regulations

Photo courtesy City of Italy.

ITALY — The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has issued violations to the City of Italy water system for lead and chlorine reporting violations.

The City of Italy issued a public notice stating they have violated the monitoring and reporting requirements set by the TCEQ regarding reporting the results of chlorine monitoring and maintenance during the third quarter of 2014.

According to the City of Italy, the city properly disinfects the water before distribution, maintains acceptable residuals within the system, monitors the disinfectant residual at various locations throughout the distribution system, and is ensuring that it will report the results of the monitoring to the TCEQ on a quarterly basis.

According to the TCEQ, the violation has not been resolved but has been addressed informally and is on the path to compliance.

However, the TCEQ has an open Lead Consumer Notice (LCR) violation for the City of Italy relating to failure of reporting results of lead monitoring.

According to the TCEQ, this violation also has not been resolved but has been addressed informally and is on the path to compliance.

Visit the TCEQ website for more information relating to the City of Italy water system.

Public notice issued by the City of Italy for the chlorine reporting violation:

Mandatory Language for Monitoring and Reporting Violation
Failure to Submit a Disinfectant Level Quarterly Operating Report (DLQOR)
MONITORING, ROUTINE (DBP), MAJOR/CHLORINE

The CITY OF ITALY water system PWS ID 0700028 has violated the monitoring and reporting requirements set by Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) in Title 30, Texas Administrative Code (30 TAC), Section 290, Subchapter F. Public water systems are required to properly disinfect water before distribution, maintain acceptable disinfection residuals within the distribution system, monitor the disinfectant residual at various locations throughout the distribution system, and report the results of that monitoring to the TCEQ on a quarterly basis.

Results of regular monitoring are an indicator of whether or not your drinking water is safe from microbial contamination.

This/These violation(s) occurred in the monitoring period(s) of the third quarter of 2014.

We are taking the following actions to address this issue:

The City of Italy will properly report the results of the monitoring to the TCEQ on a quarterly basis.

Please share this information with all people who drink this water, especially those who may not have received this notice directly (i.e., 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.

If you have questions regarding this matter, you may contact Italy City Hall at 972­-483­-7329.

The City of Italy properly disinfects the water before distribution, maintains acceptable residuals within the system, monitors the disinfectant residual at various locations throughout the distribution system, and reports the results of the monitoring to the TCEQ on a quarterly basis.

The City of Italy Failed to Submit a Disinfectant Level Quarterly Operating Report to TCEQ for the third quarter of 2014 resulting in this violation. The City has and continues to perform all requirements for properly disinfecting the water before distribution and maintaining disinfection residuals in the system and various locations throughout the distribution system. The City will ensure timely reporting to TCEQ on a quarterly basis. A copy of this report may be viewed at City Hall, 101 W. Main, Italy, Texas. If you have any questions contact City Hall at 972­483­7329.