Chemical Gases

What Should I Know About the City's Use of These Chemicals?


Chlorine Gas at the Water Treatment Plants


  • Accident History
    • 70 years of use with only minor incidents, no reportable accidents, no off-site consequences.
  • Realistic vs. Worst Case Scenario
  • Worst Case - Release into community within 0.9 miles of the facility.
  • Realistic Case - Small, slow leak contained within the building.

Methane Gas at the Wastewater Treatment Plant


  • Accident History
    • 60 years of use with no reportable accidents, no off-site consequences.
  • Realistic vs. Worst Case Scenario
    • Worst Case - Release into nonresidential areas of our community within 0.2 miles of the facility.
    • Realistic - No off-site areas within our community will be affected.