Warren business still waiting to hear whether it can continue treating brine water

WARREN — A Warren company trying to expand throughout northeast Ohio is still stuck playing the waiting game.

Patriot Water Treatment LLC, which likely will be out of work as soon as next year when Warren’s brine-water permit expires, continues to lobby environmental agencies to extend the permits.

The seven-month-old company disposes of pre-treated water into Warren’s sewage system, where it is further cleaned.

Patriot President Andrew Blocksom said he had a chance to meet earlier this month with Scott Nally, director of the Ohio Environmental Protection agency, but said that a timetable for a possible decision is still unknown.

“We’re working with them now to try and find some way to be able to stay open and be able to move forward with the business,” Blocksom told The Vindicator.

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