“Our Sweeney plant is actually one of the very few plants that has advanced technology that removes 1,4-dioxane at least two-thirds of it. We typically get around 67-70 percent removal through our treatment plant and this last sample in September we actually reached about 80 percent removal. But again, our philosophy is that it should not be in the water in the first place. We have a great treatment plant that can remove a good portion of it, but it would be better if it wasn’t in the water in the first place,” Vandermeyden said.