Don't worry, our current state leadership is very concerned about protecting our environment and regulating businesses. This won't ever happen again.

You forgot to "/s"

There is no way our leaders would do anything to deceive us

Missouri is a failed state.

Maybe if we try bending over a little further for our corporate overlords...

So did I miss it, or does the article not address if SGF city water system is similarly contaminated?

How so? We're ranked poorly in healthcare and crime, but average or better in a lot of categories. Overall we're pretty much in the middle of the pack compared to other states.

I didn’t see any mention of it.

However, I think Sfield gets all it’s water from surface reservoirs.

Most, but not all. They pull water from Fulbright Springs.

Jordan Creek. Back when Springfield was started the local churches would baptize people in that creek. Now that creek is so disgusting.

😂

Theres a picture showing effected areas, northwest Springfield. Or west Kearney street up to fantastic Caverns.

FWIW: https://www.cityutilities.net/customer/water/water-quality/

"Correlation does not imply causation" 😂 🫠

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

I see a picture that says "Area of Detail," but it isn't clear to me from that or the article if any tests for TCE were conducted outside of that area.

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.

I would assume they did because from the picture theres 4 dots in south west Springfield and 1 dot in north west Springfield. But you are right the article doesn't say anything and the area of detail blocks a lot of the picture.

And this is why I buy gallon water fuck tap water

Hi Edward! The story only addressed testing in private wells. - Lara, STLPR engagement editor

Thank you for the info!

If you live here, is the /s really necessary? I didn’t think so.

If you live here, is the /s really necessary? I didn’t think so.

Or does it??

Where do you think they get the water to fill those gallons?

Fair point

Vote Republican for less regulation. We need more Cancer and more profit🤬 /s

Or doesnt it?

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.

We have a countertop Berkey filter that we for all drinking, cooking and pet water.

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

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.