Safer Water, North Texas

09/03/2020

Isn’t it interesting that the EPA advises water suppliers to be cautious when using the wording “safe” because for some special populations, that wording may not actually apply? Do you know anyone in North Texas with an infant? How about someone undergoing chemotherapy? Basically, while your water may “meet standards,” it may not actually be SAFE for you or your loved ones; how does that make you feel? Also, where have we seen the statement “meets all federal and state drinking water standards” every time someone brings up safety concerns in our area? 🤔

https://nepis.epa.gov/exe/ZyPDF.cgi/P10072FC.PDF?Dockey=P10072FC.pdf

24/02/2020

Have you seen how much money NTMWD has spent to legally fight 4 of our local member cities? $5.5 Million is a significant amount of money! In related news, SWNTX Admins were just made aware of this petition associated with the City of Rowlett’s desire to join the cities of Plano, Garland, Mesquite and Richardson have the PUC evaluate the NTMWD water rate contracts with all of the cities in a hearing on 2/27 (this week); take a look, sign & share if you are so inclined:

http://chng.it/rL4hHLNnMv

12/06/2019

Local Profile recently wrote a piece about water concerns in North Texas & took the initiative to speak with our leadership during the process. We appreciate the depth of the article & the way our group’s concerns were respected & validated. We encourage you to read/share this piece as well as reach out to Alex & Local Profile to thank them for their integrity in covering this issue.👏 (pages 48-52)

https://www.qgdigitalpublishing.com/publication/?i=589955 #{"issue_id":589955,"page":48}

26/04/2019

What have we learned from the Plano and Frisco chlorine burn results?

(1) When we compare their January 2018 & 2019 PRE-chlorine burn TTHMs, there is little difference. However, when we compare their 2018 & 2019 MID-chlorine burn TTHMs, we see some significan…

23/04/2019

Click the link below for a comparison of Frisco's 2018 & 2019 mid-chlorine burn independent test results. NOTE: The expanded report includes January compliance test results for both years.

Click the link below for a comparison of Frisco’s 2018 & 2019 mid-chlorine burn independent test results. NOTE: The expanded report includes January compliance test results for both years…

20/04/2019

Here's a comparison of the City of Plano's 2018 & 2019 mid-chlorine burn independent test results. NOTE: The expanded report includes January compliance test results for both years.

Click the link below for a comparison of Plano’s 2018 & 2019 mid-chlorine burn independent test results.

15/04/2019

We e-mailed all of the city council candidates in Plano, Frisco, Allen, and McKinney, requesting their thoughts on several water-related questions. We will add links to their responses as we receive them!

We recently e-mailed all of the city council candidates in Plano, Frisco, Allen, and McKinney, requesting their thoughts on several water-related questions. We will add links to their responses as …

15/04/2019

We're making a difference! Follow the link for a summary of what we've been up to since last year, the positive changes we've seen this year, and how YOU can help with our 2019 initiatives!

Click the link below for a summary of what we’ve been up to, the progress that we’ve made since last year, and how YOU can make a difference!

08/03/2019

REMINDER: If you are experiencing symptoms, please make sure to report them to the following places:
1) Safer Water North Texas Survey: https://sites.google.com/view/SaferWaterNTXsurveys
2) Your City: (This will vary widely across the area; once you look up the contact information for your city, if you wish to put it below in the comments for others, please feel free.)
3) Your County Health Department: (This will also vary; please post contact information for your county below to save others time if you wish.)
4) North Texas Municipal Water District: Select "Water Services" from the drop down menu for Department - https://www.ntmwd.com/contact-us/
5) Texas Commission on Environmental Quality: https://www.tceq.texas.gov/compliance/complaints
6) Public Utility Commission of Texas: http://puc.texas.gov/consumer/complaint/Complaint.aspx

*NOTE: If you experience new or worsening symptoms during the chlorine burn (March 4-April 1, 2019), we encourage you to use our survey to send us the additional information, but please make sure to use the same email address so your submissions will be linked.

06/03/2019

‪The research regarding miscarriage and disinfection byproducts isn’t as “firm” or conclusive as it has been presented by NTMWD & a Toxicologist they hired out of Colorado to address consumers concerns.

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Take a look for yourself and be sure to click & read the studies: https://saferwaternorthtexas.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/swntx_response_to_dr_phillips_videos_studies_final.pdf.

02/03/2019

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) replied to our attorney, Nidel & Nace, PLLC’s, letter and request to test for disinfection byproducts (DBPs)during the upcoming 2019 chlorine burn. You can read their reply below. To summarize, TCEQ is choosing not to test for TTHMs and HAA5 during NTMWD chlorine burn. While we strongly believe this goes against what Texas Administrative Code and the Code of Federal Regulations requires, and seems ethically wrong, (see our original request with documentation here: https://saferwaterntx.org/2019/02/02/consumer-confidence-report-deliberately-excludes-data-regarding-dbps/), at the end of the day TCEQ is in charge of compliance for water systems in Texas.

As such, moving forward, we encourage Safer Water North Texas members to continue to ask for your cities to run independent tests for these DBPs during the burn and make all resulting data publicly available. Both the City of Plano, Texas Government & City of Frisco TX - City Hall have already announced that they will be doing this during the 2019 NTMWD chlorine burn. Plano has gone a step further and suggested that they will include the data on their Consumer Confidence Reports as supplementary data provided for consumers to review. 👏🏻 Since TCEQ is choosing not to collect data during this time frame, we believe this is the next best scenario. If you are a Plano or Frisco resident, please get in touch with your city officials to thank them for their willingness to test and make the results available; we applaud and sincerely appreciate their initiative and transparency.