Water quality concerns in Fernandina Beach after residents receive letter about ‘missed samples’

This week, residents of Fernandina Beach received a letter in the mail about water quality samples taken between April and June.  The letter says the Utilities department took the tests for levels of disinfection byproducts, Total Trihalomethanes and Haloacetic Acids, but submitted the samples after the test deadline.  As a result, the department could not be certain of the water quality between those dates. However, the department explains in the letter that sampling resumed on June 10, and those water quality results were acceptable.  Fernandina Beach Utilities Director Andre Desilet told News4JAX the water is safe to drink.