It was back on July 20 when a discharge from a Petro Erie brine storage tank was identified in Reno, prompting Venango Water Co. to issue a do not consume water advisory, which lasted until Sept. 1.
“Right now, everyone’s glad we have our water back and glad we’re getting back to normal,” Jessica Struthers, chair of the Reno Neighborhood Association, said Friday.
Back in September, after the advisory had been lifted, some residents in attendance at a town hall meeting at the Reno Volunteer Fire Department’s social hall had raised concerns about their water having a rotten-egg smell to it. Struthers said some residents’ water also had a funny taste to it, “but Aqua’s been good at addressing that.”
Montgomery County-based Aqua Pennsylvania received an emergency order Aug. 12 from the state Public Utilities Commission to operate Venango Water Co. through a receivership, and Struthers said many residents are still confused as to whether Venango Water Co. now owns the water system.
During the meeting, Aqua Pennsylvania asked residents to provide information in regard to problems they were experiencing with their water, and then the company would do a follow-up. Officials from the state Department of Environmental Protection and Venango County also were in attendance at the meeting.
“I do think that the gravity of the situation is definitely not as heavy as it was over the summer, and I do think that they (Aqua Pennsylvania) are addressing the water,” Struthers said.
