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.
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