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�R <br />FdGfffON <br />4�1 <br />tail Updates <br />New f3righton <br />Friday, April 17, 2015 <br />Providing a safe and reliable water supply is one of the most important <br />functions that New Brighton perforins. New Brighten successfully deal] <br />with the ,army's contamination of its water supply in the 1 <br />the City and the Army reached a landmark settlement that <br />funding for our state-of-the-art water treatment plant, vwhi <br />to remove known Army contaminants. The City novi has taken further <br />steps to address a newly -identified contaminant. <br />Discovery of Contaminant of Emerging Concern <br />Scientific and technological advancers have resulted in better methods for <br />detecting contaminants at extremely low concentrations. using this <br />technology, testing by the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH),, and <br />independently verified by the City, has detected trace amounts of <br />i,4 -dioxane (dioxane) in the City's water. Dioxane is an .additive found in <br />solvents that were used at the Tti,vin Cities Army Ammunition Plant. <br />No regulatory limit on the amount of dioxane permitted in drinking water <br />has yet been set under the Federal Safe Drinking Water Act. The MDH, <br />eonservation <br />Visit Baur eater conservation <br />page to learn what the City <br />is doing to conserve water <br />-what and learn how you can <br />help. <br />