EAST PALESTINE, Ohio - Ohio Governor, Mike DeWine has announced on Friday that Ohio EPA workers are scheduled to begin removing water treatment equipment from Sulphur Run in East Palestine on Monday.

According to a news release, water treatment operations were discontinued in early April following positive surface water sampling data. Now, the next phase is to remove the equipment used for that treatment including water pumps, air compressors and diffusers from areas along the creek.

According to the Ohio EPA, approximately 14 million gallons of liquid wastewater have been hauled out of the village so far and there is currently a pile of about 5,400 tons of excavated soil waiting for removal.

So far, 35,700 tons of soil have been removed.

According to the news release, the latest drinking water results from the East Palestine Municipal Water System continue to show no indication of contaminants associated with the derailment and the public water system continues to meet all state and federal standards for safe drinking water.

Additionally, sentinel and monitoring well sampling also shows no indication that chemicals linked with the derailment are moving toward the village's well field.

The Ohio Department of Health alongside Columbiana County Health District have received verified lab results from 61 additional samples from private well water systems as of noon on Friday, April 28.

Fifty-six of those wells showed no detectable contaminants, but five wells had trace detections that were below safe drinking water standards. However, there is no evidence that these detections are linked with the derailment.