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ConnectMidMichigan.com By Dave Kinchen Monday, November 09, 2009 at 5:17 p.m. Read more: Local, Environment, Water, Test, Water Tech, Arsenic, Quality, Epa MIDLAND, BAY CITY, FLINT, HOWELL -- The concerns have been everywhere when it comes to water quality. How clean is the water you cook with and drink? Residents along the Saginaw Bay have long been concerned that river dredging might stir up sediment, leading to water contamination. Over the last five years, Genesee County residents have been concerned over high arsenic levels. One way or another, water quality affects your life. Most drinking water goes through some form of treatment by the time it reaches your faucet. However, changes in allowable arsenic levels through the years, and the potential for other elements to go undetected led us to see what may be in your drinking water. NBC25 collected samples from a range of MidMichigan areas including Bay City, Midland and Flint. We took those samples to Water Tech Inc. in Howell to see what you may be putting in your body. "One of the things we run up against is people want a water test to tell if their drinking water is safe,” said Chris McCarthy, owner and operator of the firm. He said approved arsenic levels have changed over the years but many wonder if that means their water supply needs testing. "The EPA, several years back, lowered the Maximum Contamination Level from 50 to 10 so a lot of the counties around here had Arsenic at 10, 12, 20; not really a problem before when the level was 50. Now all of the sudden it's 10. A lot of wells drilled had above a 10." The tests include municipal water which McCarthy said is essentially well water. Tune in to NBC25 News at 6 Tuesday to get the results! |
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