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Can all participants (including yourself) self-quarantine for 14 days before the gathering? If you’re hosting, frequently disinfect surfaces that people may encounter during their visit. If sharing, separate food ahead of time into individual servings and forgo communal bowls and utensils. The safest option is to have everyone bring their own food.

Talk through details like how food will be shared.

Remember: kids under 2 should never wear masks! Kids have trouble playing 6 feet apart, so wearing masks and frequent hand-washing may be the safest plan of action. Anyone with a fever – or has had other symptoms or knows they have been exposed to someone with COVID-19 within the last 2 weeks – should stay home. Ask guests to check their temperature before arriving. Ask if anyone has had symptoms such as cough, fever, or shortness of breath in the last 2 weeks. Limit the number of guests based on the number allowed in your county per the Safe Start plan and the outdoor or indoor space available that allows you to be 6-feet apart. Is there room to spread out, at least 6 feet from people who don’t live with? If no, is there an outdoor space, like a park where you could meet? If outside, will there be restrooms people can use? If inside, be sure your space is well ventilated by opening windows.

Check your space and gather outside of possible.

Are there people who may be in a high risk category or children? Think about special needs and precautions as part of your planning. Set some ground rules that will help everyone know what to expect. Get really clear with friends and family about how you will make safety a priority when spending time together. Help lessen this risk through pre-planning, converstations, and some trade-offs. If you decide to gather, there’s always a risk of spreading COVID-19 infection.

Highest Risk – Large in-person gatherings where it is difficult for individuals to remain spaced at least 6 feet apart and attendees travel from outside the local area.

Higher Risk – Medium-sized in-person gatherings that are adapted to allow individuals to remain spaced at least 6 feet apart and with attendees coming from outside the local area.

More Risk – Smaller outdoor and in-person gatherings in which individuals from different households remain spaced at least 6 feet apart, wear masks, do not share objects, and come from the same local area (e.g., community, town, city, or county).

Lowest Risk – Virtual-only activities, events, and gatherings.

The safest action, especially those at a high-risk, is to avoid gatherings and find different ways to celebrate.

The more people we interact with at a gathering and the longer that interactions lasts, the higher the risk of becoming infected.Gathering in groups, even with people we know, may spread COVID-19.Butler Water tests the purity of the water over 1,000 times a year to ensure the safety of your drinking water.Information provided by the Butler County General Health District What We Know Butler Water continually performs numerous tests to ensure your drinking water is safe. While these improvements will take time, Butler Water will continue to optimize our system performance. Butler Water works diligently to maintain disinfection byproducts levels below EPA requirements. The treatment process is critical to controlling the formation of haloacetic acids in water. As the EPA report says, “Decreasing disinfection byproduct risk could increase risks from disease-causing microorganisms.” The paradox is as old as the use of fire to keep warm: It keeps you from freezing, but it also produces ash and carbon monoxide. Like many problems, there is no easy answer. There is little evidence that these chemicals are dangerous at the level they occur in treated water, but research on the potential effects of specific compounds raised concerns with the EPA. Any disinfectant creates disinfection byproducts. But the only reliable approach to protecting against bacteria in drinking water is to add a disinfectant, which must travel with the water, in small amounts, all the way to your tap. Depending on the substances present in the water, a wide range of byproducts may be created. The term “disinfection byproducts” covers a host of compounds that may be formed after water is treated. Disinfection byproducts (DBPs) form when chlorine and other disinfectants react with naturally occurring materials in the Green River.