Water safe to drink in Mahone Bay
There is good news about Mahone Bay’s water quality.
The latest tests show the trihalomethane (THM) count at 40 micrograms per litre, well below the standard of 100.
Before the construction of the town’s new $2.6 million water treatment plant, which went on line last summer, the THM count was sometimes over 200.
Mayor Joe Feeney says it’s a big relief.
“It’s nice to get a positive report and it says the money was well worth spending,” Mayor Joe Feeney said Tuesday.
THMs are chemical compounds that can be formed when water is disinfected with chlorine. Studies have linked high THM levels with stillbirths or miscarriages and bladder cancer.
The province now requires municipal water supplies to also test for haloacetic acids (HAAs), another by-product of the chlorination process. There is concern that long-term exposure to elevated levels of HAAs may pose a risk in the development of cancer.
Mahone Bay’s water is testing at 36 micrograms per litre. The standard for HAAs is 80.
source: SouthShoreNow.ca
