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Show conditons clear up. Roy L. Young Mayor ATTEST: Bettv Lou Bacon Recorder Published in the Beaver County News February 8, 15, and 22, 1979. microbiological quality. While most coliform organisms organ-isms pose no threat to health, their presence does indicate that a source of contamination contamina-tion might exist somewhere in the water system. Milford is allowed one sample per month with more than 4 coliform organisms present, provided that the average of all routine samples does not exceed one. The 4 positive samples exceeded ex-ceeded the 4 organism per sample limit. Also, the average coliform density for a total of 22 samples in the fourth quarter of 1978 (October, (Octo-ber, November, and December) Decem-ber) exceeded the quarterly average of three coliform per 100 milliliter sample. The City has checked all connections and found no cross connections or leaks, which could cause this condition. con-dition. Samples from December, 1978 and January, Janu-ary, 1979 show no coliforms present, but the City is continuing con-tinuing to check any sources ithat could cause contamination. con-tamination. In the future, if any sample exceeds the coliform limits, the public will be notified immediately of such, to toil ' their water until the PUBLIC NOTICE The City of Milford reports that bacteriological standards were exceeded in 4 of the 8 drinking water samples analyzed by the State Laboratory during November, 1978. As a result, re-sult, the water supply failed to meet both of the criteria for bacteriological quality established by the State Department De-partment of Envoronmental Quality. Bacteriological sampling is performed on a weekly basis by The City of Milford. The coliform organism is used as an indicator of |