Dr. Michelle Minihan:

Trihalomethanes, THMs, represent an important metric. At the end of July, 21 supplies serving 196,000 people and with elevated levels of THMs were on our remedial action list. That figure is an increase on the 20 supplies serving 170,000 people at the end of last December. That trend is going in the wrong direction.

On overall water quality, I expect the level of compliance with microbiological and chemical standards to be as high as reported in previous years. That trend will be maintained and borne out in the figures when they are reported.