edward2020 t1_isyphp9 wrote on October 19, 2022 at 5:51 PM

Reply to comment by Globalksp in Missouri kept news of groundwater contamination from Springfield residents by LionessSTL

I did a quick look (ctrl+F) through that and it doesn't seem as though trichloroethylene (TCE) is listed as being monitored.

HeWhoIsFish t1_it0o4h7 wrote on October 20, 2022 at 1:58 AM

TCE is regulated under the safe drinking water act so monitoring would be required. They are only required to report detected contaminants in annual reports. The implication being that it wasn’t detected.

edward2020 t1_it2906k wrote on October 20, 2022 at 12:37 PM

Good to know. Wish they would report exactly what they test for though and give values (even if below allowed threshold or even 0).

HeWhoIsFish t1_it2cfzd wrote on October 20, 2022 at 1:04 PM

I get what you mean. I will say however that all public drinking water sample data including contaminants that were sampled for but not detected is made available by the state DNR through their drinking water watch website if you are interested in digging further.

Globalksp t1_isyq1vv wrote on October 19, 2022 at 5:55 PM

Ah... lovely.

We've always used CuZn Water Filters wherever we've lived and here is no different except that we'll eventually go for whole house filtration if/when the old pipes get updated.