The chemical leak was reported about 12:45 p.m. at the plant, 805 Columbia Ave. Firefighters had the situation under control before 3:30 p.m., according to Shelby Quinlivan, city communications coordinator.
Here are three things to know today about your drinking water:
1. While the incident happened at the city's water treatment plant, at no time was the city's drinking water supply in any danger, Middletown Fire Chief Paul Lolli said.
2. The plant was treating water at the time of the incident and there were no disruptions to the water treatment process, according to Quinlivan.
Quinlivan said the plant “has two of everything” and the lime feeder in question was not in service of the time of the incident and there will be no disruptions in treating water for customers.
3. The incident was part of the water softening process and had nothing to do with the distribution lines to city water customers, Lolli said.
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