Cadiz continues work on water filters

In a fairly short meeting Cadiz council heard from Village Administrator Brandon Ludwig for a brief update on the water treatment plant. For their final August meeting Ludwig said he’d had another meeting with various officials with the plant and an Environmental Protection Agency representative to see where they stood.

Ludwig said current meters were calibrated to measure turbidity and chlorine levels. West Tech, the company that installed the village’s water filters, also inspected the system. He added that the EPA is requiring extensive testing in the coming weeks and throughout the remainder of the year.

“And probably in the foreseeable future,” Ludwig said. “A lot of it is bumping up our testing requirements.”

Ludwig said stability testing will also be done in the next couple of weeks as they’d had some “recommended” chemical changes. He said recent testing has seen their numbers come “way down” since the problem began.

“A lot of good testing results over the last couple of weeks,” Ludwig said. 

Ludwig said he’s also reached out to two state representatives in hopes of securing a better chance for funding when the village begins some planned updates to their system. 

“Hopefully I can have a plan or at least a cost estimate on some of those at the next meeting,” he said referring to the needed upgrades. 

Ludwig also updated council on his talks with OhioSE, which describes itself as “the JobsOhio regional network partner” in aiding small communities with development. He said he has discussed projects in the area with the group and noted that the state favors Harrison County because of its available land.

“I know there’s some funding opportunities for business through Ohio Southeast that we kind of continue to push any big businesses that way for potential funding,” he explained. 

Regarding the Charleston Street waterline resurfacing project, the village will be pursuing Ohio Public Works Commission funding for both projects for next year. 

He also updated on the paving schedule with North Ohio Street being worked on now with NLS to pave Martin and Holmes Avenues in September. Ludwig said they would like to do some paving at Sally Buffalo Park if they have the time with what is left of the season.