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Show SPANISH FORK Covering what matters most B2 • WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 2009 Helping out Your source for Schools News the TV show "Hannah Montana." She also likes the movie "Picture This" and the song "I Want Candy." Michelle said her favorite thing about helping in Mrs. Bird's class is the fun she has and helping the kids. Courtesy photo The first-grade students love having Michelle come EXTRA MILE: Michelle Rosenbaum goes the extra mile tt> and help in their classroom. help first grade students at Brockbank. Brockbank would like to their learning centers, helps spotlight Michelle Roserp answer questions when they baum. Michelle is a se- raise their hands and does nior at Spanish Fork High whatever else is needed o f School in the UBCT class. her. Michelle is the daughter She comes to Brockbank two days a .week to help in of Kent and JoeAnn RosenMrs. Lisa Bird's first-grade baum and has two brothers class. Michelle is a lot of and one sister. She likes help to Mrs. Bird and helps pizza, apples, strawberry her with the students in lemonade, Starbursts and The Spanish Fork News "Covering what matters most" WATER QUALITY REPORT • SALEM CITY • 2008 We're pleased to present to you this year's Annual Drinking Water Quality Report. This report is designed to inform you about the quality of the water and services we deliver to you every day. Our constant goal is lo provide you with a safe and dependable supply of drinking water. We want you to understand the efforts we make to continually improve the water treatment process and protect our water resources. We are committed to ensuring the quality of your water. Our water sources have been determined to be from groundwater sources. Our water sources are 2 springs grouped together at upper water canyon and 2 wells 1) existing well and 2)map!e well. The Drinking Water Source Protection Plan for Salem City is available for your review. It contains information about source protection zones, potential contamination sources and management strategies to protect our drinking water. Our sources have been determined to have a low level of susceptibility from potential contamination. We have also developed management strategies to further protect our sources from contamination. Please contact us if you have questions or concerns about our source protection plan. There are many connections to our water distribution system. When connections are properly installed and maintained, the concerns are very minimal. However, unapproved and improper piping changes or connections can adversely affect not only the availability, but also the quality of the water. A cross connection may let polluted water or even chemicals mingle into the water supply system when not properly protected. This not only compromises the water quality but can also affect your health. So, cates that the constituent is not present. NDILow - High - For water systems that have multiple sources of water, the Utah Division of Drinking Water has given water systems the option of listing the test results of the constituents in one table, instead of multiple tables. To accomplish this, the lowest and highest values detected in the multiple sources are recorded in the same space in the report table. Parts per million (ppm) or Milligrams per liter (mg/l) - one part per million corresponds to one minute in two years or a single penny in $10,000. Parts per billion (ppb) or Micrograms per liter (ugfl) - one part per billion corresponds to one minute in 2,000 years, or a single penny in $10,000,000. Parts per trillion (ppt) or Nanograms per liter (nanogramsll) - one part per trillion corresponds to one minute in 2,000,000 years, or a single penny in $10,000,000,000. Parts per quadrillion (ppq) or Picograms per liter (picograms/1) - one part per quadrillion corresponds to one minute in 2,000,000,000 years or one penny in $10,000,000,000,000. Picocuries per liter (pCUL) - picocuries per liter is a measure of the radioactivity in water. MUlirems per year (mremlyr) - measure of radiation absorbed by the body. Million Fibers per Liter (MFL) - million fibers per liter is a measure of the presence of asbestos fibers that are longer than 10 micrometers. Nephelometric Turbidity Unit(NTU) - nephelometric turbidity unit is a measure of the clarity of water. Turbidity in excess of 5 NTU is just noticeable to the average person. Action Level (AL) - the concentration of a contam- what can you do? Do not make or allow improper connections at your homes. Even that unprotected garden hose lying in the puddle next to the driveway is a cross connection. The unprotected lawn sprinkler system after you have fertilized or sprayed is also a cross connection. When the cross connection is allowed to exist at your home, it will affect you and your family first. If you'd like to learn more about helping to protect the quality of our water, call us for further information about ways you can help. I'm pleased to report that our drinking water meets federal and state requirements. If you have any questions about this report or concerning your water utility, please contact Chris Averett at 801-423-2770. We want our valued customers to be informed about their water utility. If you want to learn more, please attend any of our regularly scheduled meetings. They are held on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month at the city building at 7:00 pm. Salem City routinely monitors for constituents in our drinking water in accordance with the Federal and Utah State laws. The following table shows the results of our monitoring for the period of January 1st to December 31st, 2008. All drinking water, including bottled drinking water, may be reasonably expected to contain at least small amounts of some constituents. It's important to remember that the presence of these constituents does not necessarily pose a health risk. In the following table you will find many terms and abbreviations you might not be familiar with. To help you better understand these terms we've provided the following definitions: Non-Detects (ND) - laboratory analysis indi- inant which, if exceeded, triggers treatment or other requirements which a water system must follow. Treatment Technique (TT) - A treatment technique is a required process intended to reduce the level of a contaminant in drinking water, Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) - The "Maximum Allowed" (MCL) is the highest level of a contaminant that is allowed in drinking water. MCLs are set as close to the MCLGs as feasible using the best available treatment technology. Maximum Contaminant Level Goal (MCLG) - The "Goar'(MCLG) is the level of a contaminant in drinking water below which there is no known or expected risk to health. MCLGs allow for a margin of safety. Maximum Residual Disinfectant Level (MRDL) - The highest level of a disinfectant allowed in drinking water, There is convincing evidence that addition of a disinfectant is necessary for control of microbial contaminants. Maximum Residual Disinfectant Level Goal (MRDLG) - The level of a drinking water disinfectant below which there is no known or expected risk to health. MRDLGs do not reflect the benefits of the use of disinfectants to control microbial contaminants. Date- Because of required sampling time frames i.e. yearly, 3 years, 4 years and 6 years, sampling dates may seem out-dated. Waivers (W)- Because some chemicals are not used or stored in areas around drinking water sources, some water systems have been given waivers that exempt them from having to take certain chemical samples, these waivers are also tied to Drinking Water Source Protection Plans. TEST RESULTS Contaminant Violation Y/N Level Detected ND/Low-High ND N , -L.VICI MCLG MCL Date Sampled Likely Source of Contamination . .' 2008 Naturally present in the environment * Microbiological Contaminants Total Coliform Bacteria Unit Measurement N/A :° .^Presence of colirbrrri bacteria 1 .• in 5% of monthly * samples Fecal coliform and N ND 0 N/A • If a routine sample E.coli 2008 Human and animal fecal waste and repeat sample are total coliform positive, and one is also fecal coliform or E.coli positive Turbidity N ND-0 NTU N/A 5 2006 Soil runoff for Ground Water Radioactive Contaminants Alpha emitters N 3-6 pCi/1 0 15 2008 Erosion of natural deposits Combined radium N 1 pCi/1 0 5 2008 Erosion of natural deposits Radium 228 N 0-1 pCi/1 0 5 2008 Erosion of natural deposits ND-2 ppb 0 10 2006 Erosion of natural deposits: runoff from orchards; runoff from Inorganic Contaminants Arsenic N glass and electronics production wastes Barium N 60-70 PPb 2000 2000 2006 Discharge of drilling wastes; discharge from metal refineries; erosion of natural deposits Copper N a. 90% results a.ND-140 ppb 1300 AL=1300 2006 b. Corrosion of household plumbing systems; erosion of natural deposits b. of sites thai exceed the AL Lead N a. 90% results a. ND-2 0 .PPb AL=15 2006 b. Corrosion of household plumbing systems, erosion of natural deposits b. # of sites that exceed the AL Nitrate (as Nitrogen) N 100-1400 ppb 10000 10000 2008 Runoff from fertilizer use; leaching from septic tanks, sewage; erosion of natural deposits Selenium N ND-24 50 ppb 50 2006 Discharge from petroleum and metal refineries; erosion of natural deposits; discharge from mines Sodium N 4-9 ppm None set by EPA None set by EPA 2006 Erosion of natural deposits; discharge from refineries and factories; runoff from landfills. Sulfatc N 19-22 ppm 1000* 1000* 2006 Erosion of natural deposits; discharge from refineries and factories; runoff from landfills, runoff from cropland TDS (Total Dissolved solids) N 200-224 ppm 2000** 2000** 2006 Erosion of natural deposits *If the sulfate level of a public water system is greater than 500 ppm, the supplier must satisfactorily demonstrate that: a) no better water is available, and b) the water shall not be available for human consumption from commercial establishments. In no case shall water having a level above 1000 ppm be used. **If TDS is greater than 1000 ppm the supplier shall deomonstratc to the Utah Drinking Water Board that no better water is available. The Board shall not allow the use of an inferior source of water if a better source is available. Disinfection By-products TTHM N ND-2 PPb 0 80 2007 By-product of drinking water disinfection Haloacetic Acids N ND-6 ppb 0 60 2007 By-product of drinking water disinfection Chlorine N ND ppm 4 4 [Total trihalomethanes] As you can see by the table, our system had no violations. We're proud that your drinking water meets or exceeds all Federal and State requirements. We have learned through our monitoring and testing that some constituents have been detected. The EPA has determined that your water IS SAFE at these levels. All sources of drinking water are subject to potential contamination by constituents that are naturally occurring or man made. Those constituents can be microbes, organic or inorganic chemicals, or radioactive materials. AU drinking water, including bottled water, may reasonably be expected to contain at least small amounts of some contaminants. The presence of contaminants does not necessarily indicate that the water poses a health risk. More information about contaminants and potential health effects can be obtained by calling the Environmental Protection Agency's Safe Drinking Water Hotline at 1-800426-4791. MCLs are set at very stringent levels. To understand the possible health effects described for many regulated constituents, a person would have to drink 2 liters of water every day at the MCL level for a Water additive used to control microbes lifetime to have a one-in-a-million chance of having the described health effect. Some people may be more vulnerable to contaminants in drinking water than the general population. Immuno-compromised persons such as persons with cancer undergoing chemotherapy, persons who have undergone organ transplants, people with HIV/AIDS or other immune system disorders, some elderly, and infants can be particularly at risk from infections. These people should seek advice about drinking water from their health care providers. EPA/CDC guidelines on appropriate means to lessen the risk of infection by cryptosporidium and other microbiological contaminants are available from the Safe Drinking Water Hotline (800-426-4791). We at Salem City work around the clock to pro-v vide top quality water to every tap. We ask that all our customers help us protect our water sources, which are the heart of our community, our way of life and our children's future. If you have any questions, please call us at 801-423-2770. Published in The Spanish Fork News, June 10,2009; |