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The declaration will allow the Missouri Rural Water Association to operate the plant at the department's request until a more permanent solution can be found.
The department was notified over New Year's weekend that citizens of Hayti Heights had no drinking water and that sewage was backing up into homes and yards. Bottled water was brought in and department staff sent to investigate found the drinking water plant shut down and in a state of disrepair and the wastewater system overloaded and with broken pumps at several lift stations, according to a news release issued by DNR.
In addition, the city's management of its drinking water system resulted in excess chemicals being added to the system, with the threat of chlorine from treated drinking water being released into the environment.
The department is asserting its right under Missouri statutes to "clean up any release of a substance if such release is a threat to the environment," and is taking the necessary steps to end such hazardous substance releases until a more permanent solution can be found.
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Well, then, they should come and check out Poplar Bluff City water...I can fill my bathtub up with warm water, shut the door for 5 minutes and open it back up and you would swear you were at the local community pool; the chlorine almost stings your eyes before you get in it!
Hayti Heights?? Where is this place located. It sounds like these folks are badly in need of help.
....and so it goes~~