As many other towns in NL are suffering water woes, Clarenville's investment in a modern water treatment and distribution system is paying off for its residents. Just yesterday, the CBC reported that 128 municipalities in this province have THM levels in excess of the Health Canada imposed standard of 100 micrograms per litre - we are NOT one of them. What's more disturbing for the province is that the number of municipalities with questionable water has doubled in the last thirteen years. Clarenville's report (see below and link HERE ) consistently shows that the water coming out of your town fed tap is safe and safe by a good margin. That's great news and something that the Town and particularly the people who manage our water treatment plant should be very proud of. (There is a bit of a disturbing trend towards progressively higher THM levels however and something that we should work on addressing.) THM's are a by-product of the chlorination process. C...
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