BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — The city of Mims, Fla. has been dealing with high levels of a chemical byproduct in their tap water since August 2010 and so far nothing has been done to reduce the chemicals, according to Florida Today.

The city’s water treatment plant serves more than 7,000 people and local resident Sandra Bronga said she gave up trying to get government agencies attention on the matter and decided to get her own filtering system, stated the article.

“We put in around $1,200 (for the filtering system), since they weren’t going to do anything about it, and all we keep getting is notices that the limits are too high,” said Bronga, who’s lived on Dairy Road in Mims for more than 20 years.

Trihalomethanes (THMs) have reportedly been found in the city’s drinking water over the Environmental Protection Agency’s health standards, noted the article.

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