Sebring residents express fear over community's water

Staff report

SEBRING

Sebring and Beloit residents who lined up for free bottled water today at the Sebring Community Center expressed concern about the quality and safety of their water after learning Friday that samples taken at seven homes last summer and fall contained lead levels that exceeded required standards.

“Its a little bit scary,” said Kaitlyn Nezbeth of Beloit, who has a 3-year-old daughter. Beloit gets its water from Sebring.

Nezbeth said she plans to take her daughter to a free blook lead-screening clinic scheduled for children under 6 and pregnant and breast-feeding women. The clinic is from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday at B. L. Miller Elementary School, 506 W. Virginia Ave.

Richard D. Giroux, Sebring Village manager, said he hopes to have results from water tests performed this weekend by the Mahoning County District Board of Health available Sunday or Monday so the village knows what action, if any, is necessary to make its water safe for drinking.

Read more about the situation in Sunday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.