<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2AO5vt_1DFlojrk00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2AO5vt_1DFlojrk00" width="1058" height="604" ></figure>The July 9 meeting drew an overflow crowd of residents waiting to hear answers about why their water has once again turned foul. Some said their water has been brownish and foul-smelling on and off since last year. For others, the problem goes away and then returns. For the most part, the meeting remained civil, but there was an undercurrent of anger that resulted in a few testy moments.Plant Operator Jim Jenkins was present and addressed the issue early in the meeting after Village Administrator Brandon Ludwig said village employees have been working around the clock on the problem.“We’re dealing with a manganese issue from Tappan Lake,” Jenkins said. “Concentrations of manganese that we’re seeing at the plant, we didn’t know it was in the water.”Jenkins said manganese was not tested regularly because it had not been a major issue in the past. He said manganese usually affects groundwater more than surface water, which is how Cadiz receives its water. He said the previous Monday the village’s clear well turned yellow, prompting immediate testing. That is when workers discovered the manganese, which he said oxidizes when it comes into contact with chlorine.<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3yGVOe_1DFlojrk00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3yGVOe_1DFlojrk00" width="960" height="548" ><figcaption>Plant operator Jim Jenkins addressed resident's concerns head and said Cadiz might be getting a different water source.</figcaption></figure>Jenkins said it remained in the system after they drained the clear well because it was coming from Tappan Lake. He said changes have been made before sedimentation and filtration take place, but some of it continued to pass through the filters.“It’s not at any levels to affect anybody health wise. However, it is at a level that affects once it hits with chlorine, it oxidizes,” Jenkins said. “So that’s what we’re dealing with, what we’re constantly making changes with.”He called it a constant battle after informing the room that the village’s chlorinator was malfunctioning, but a company was scheduled to repair it that night.“This all started a year ago,” Jenkins said. “Everybody knows everybody’s frustrations, our frustrations, your frustrations, but we are trying.”Jenkins said regulatory officials are encouraging Cadiz to purchase water, with a chance the project could be fully funded. He said the village also could face a violation for having only one raw water pump and “not having a backup.”He called the current boil advisory a precaution and said it does not solve the problem because manganese cannot be boiled out of the water. He also said the village has increased bacteria testing to once a week and has found none.“There is no contamination in the water,” Jenkins said.Questions from residents soon expanded beyond manganese. When someone asked where the sewer smell was coming from, Jenkins said it was caused by the chemical reaction involving manganese.After explaining that he is the superintendent of Steubenville’s water plant, Jenkins said they test for manganese there when asked but did not know why it had not been routinely tested in Cadiz.Another resident asked why there was what appeared to be mud in her toilet and elsewhere in her home. Jenkins said it was not sediment but spent manganese and “not mud.”“That’s what’s left over after the chemical reaction,” Jenkins told her.Questions then turned to high water bills, with one resident calling them “outrageous,” a sentiment Mayor R. Kevin Jones said he shared.The discussion led to a testy exchange, with accusations about attitudes at the water plant that Jones defended and references to Facebook posts by the female resident, which she did not deny.Jones said the village would discuss providing relief to residents for their water bills and any damages they have incurred, but how that would be done has not yet been decided.Jenkins said any changes to the way the village treats its water must be approved by the Ohio EPA. He added that the agency also wants Cadiz to connect to a neighboring water system.Jenkins said the recommended connection would be with Tri-County to Martins Ferry and could be fully funded.Council member Albert Peters expressed skepticism about such a connection and questioned who ultimately would pay.“You guys got to remember one thing, when you tap into another system, you’re putting a noose around your neck,” Peters said. “They might pay for it but in the long run we’re going to pay for it,” through future rate increases.Jones said the Ohio EPA will not allow Cadiz to draw from well water and surface water at the same time.</div></body>

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The July 9 meeting drew an overflow crowd of residents waiting to hear answers about why their water has once again turned foul. Some said their water has been brownish and foul-smelling on and off since last year. For others, the problem goes away and then returns. For the most part, the meeting remained civil, but there was an undercurrent of anger that resulted in a few testy moments.

Cadiz blames manganese for water problems

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The July 9 meeting drew an overflow crowd of residents waiting to hear answers about why their water has once again turned foul. Some said their water has 

Cadiz blames manganese for water problems

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