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Show j AS Wednesday, July 20, 2005 Now showing at a McDonalds near you .Vernal Express. Having dinner and renting a movie has never been easier, as McDonald's restaurants throughout the intermoun-tain intermoun-tain area premier 'Redbox' fully automated DVD rental systems. The state of the art kiosks located at McDonald's, offer guests the latest DVD's for only $1 per night plus tax. Redbox is now featured at many local McDonald's restaurants restau-rants throughout most of Utah, eastern Nevada and western Wyoming as part of a multi-city test Redbox is the latest way to rent and return movies and is as easy to use as an ATM. Each Redbox DVD kiosk, located inside the McDonald's restaurant res-taurant or right outside the door, features 35-40 of the most recent popular movie titles. With new releases added every Tuesday, consumers 18 years of age or older with a valid credit or debit card can easily rent a movie in less than one minute. Simply return Redbox DVD rentals to any Redbox location in the intermountain area or in other McDonald's Redbox locations loca-tions nationwide. An interactive interac-tive Redbox locator featuring an updated listing of locations can be found at www.Redbox. com. Additionally, first time Redbox moviegoers in the intermountain inter-mountain area will receive a one night rental free if they visit between July 4 and July 31 and enter the following promotional pro-motional code: FREE. Only one free night rental, per customer is permitted. "We are thrilled to feature Redbox in our McDonald's and to provide our customers with more entertainment options in our restaurant," said Jill Goodman, the McDonald's owner and operator of the restaurants in Vernal and Roosevelt "Fun, quick, convenient conve-nient and easy, Redbox fits our consumers' busy lifestyles." She added that one of the most exciting elements of Redbox is that customers can return the DVDs to any other kiosk location. "If you pick a DVD in Vernal, you can return it at another McDonald's whether in Roosevelt, Prove- or Salt Lake City." Customers can keep the DVD for as long as they'd like for just $1 per night plus tax. After 25 days the rental charges cease and the DVD is the customer's to keep. So whether you are renting or purchasing, Redbox makes it easy. Even receipts are automated. Simply enter your email address into the DVD kiosk and a receipt will be mailed to you. , Approximately 90 McDonald's in the intermountain intermoun-tain area will be the third of several new markets rolling out Redbox this summer. Redbox launched in Denver area McDonald's in 2004 and have already rented over 1.7 million DVDs. McDonald's is the leading food service provided in the United States serving a variety of wholesome foods made from quality ingredients to millions of customers every day.-More than 80 percent of McDonald's 13,700 U.S. restaurants are independently inde-pendently owned and operated by local franchisees. For more information on McDonald's visit www.mcdonalds.com. A wholly owned subsidiary of McDonald's Corporation, Redbox is a leading renter of DVDs through automated kiosks. Redbox continues to revolutionize the DVD rental industry as it expands its footprint foot-print inside McDonald's restaurants, restau-rants, grocery stores and other locations. By the end of 2005, Redbox will have over 1200 kiosks installed and ready for use nationwide. More information informa-tion about Redbox can be found at www.Redbox.com. Rep. Jim Matheson's (D-Utah) (D-Utah) appropriation bill, the Water Resources Development Act, that would allow Utah counties to share $10 million in federal money has passed the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill must still pass the U.S. Senate before the funds can be appropriated and distributed. Matheson's proposal is to ments in the infrastructure of water projects in several counties coun-ties in the state. Uintah and Duchesne Counties are likely to share in those funds if the bill passes the house. Iron County may also receive a share and Grand County may be allotted allot-ted funds to study pollution from the Atlas mine tailings. Washington County may use a Matheson's appropriation for water improvements passes House future flood damage from the Santa Clara River. Not everyone is happy with the passage of this bill by the House. The Taxpayers for Common Sense, a government spending watchdog based in Washington, D.C., claims the bill is too expensive and is nothing more than a pork-barrel move for Utah. Utah sex offender registry In days of old, people who were caught in adultery were forced to prominently display a big red "A" on their person so all would know of their crime. These days sex offenders are subjected to a similar kind of public recognition. Anyone who has either been convicted of a sex crime or has been committed com-mitted to a mental hospital and has allegedly committed a sex crime gets their name listed with Utah's Department of Corrections Cor-rections (UDC) for the public to freely investigate. See the web site www.correc-tions.utah.gov www.correc-tions.utah.gov for more information. provide funds for improve- share of the funds for reducing GRPB seeks entrepreneurs for Governor's clusters The Governor's Rural Partnership Board (GRPB) is helping the Governor's Office of Economic Development identify iden-tify rural Utahns to serve on advisory boards that will make recommendations to the state regarding steps that need to be taken to foster Utah's unique "economic clusters." The state of Utah recently recent-ly announced support for developing economic clusters clus-ters including Life Sciences, Software Development and IT, Aerospace, Defense and Homeland Security, Financial Services, Energy and Natural Resources and Competitive Accelerators. Competitive Accelerators are areas support ing the development of other clusters in a variety of ways. "We need to ensure that there is a linkage between the state's clusters initiative and entrepreneurship in rural Utah," says Ed Meyer, Director of the Governor's Office of Economic Development's Rural Development Program. Recommendations can be submitted by visiting the http:rural.utah.gov website. The development of economic clusters was one of six action agenda items selected by the Governor's Rural Partnership Board. For information, contact Ed Meyer at (801) 538-8781 or by e-mail at emeyerutah.gov. ANNUAL DRINKING WATER QUALITY REPORT THE WATER WE DRINK JENSEN WATER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT We're pleased to present to you this year's Annual 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 con-stant goal is to 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 source is Ashley Springs. The spring receives its water from the Dry Fork Creek, which sinks into a lime stone formation and resurfaces in the Ashley Spring. rm pleased to report that our drinking water meets federal and state requirements. If, .you have any questions about this report or questions concerning your water utility, please contact Marjean Potts at 789-2781. 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 board meetings. They are held on the second Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m.l2:00 noon at the district office. Jensen Water Improvement District 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 1 to December 31, 2004. All drinking water, including bottled drinking water, may be reasonably expected to contain at least small amounts of some constituents. constitu-ents. Its important to remember that the presence of these constituents does not necessarily pose a health risk. Ashley Valley Water and Sewer Improvement District has a Drinking Water Source Protection Plan that is available for review. It provides more information such as potential sources of contamination con-tamination and our source protection areas. It has been determined we have a low susceptible level to potential sources of contamination, such as septic tanks, roads, homes, etc. If you have any questions regarding source protection, contact the office to review our source protection plan. Our source is in a remote location, and there are no potential contamination sources in the protection pro-tection zones, so we consider our source to have a low susceptibility to potential contamination events. We have also developed management strategies to further protect our sources from contamination. con-tamination. 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 indicates that the constituent is not present. NDLow - 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 (mg1) - one part per million corresponds to one minute in two years or a single penny in $10,000. Part per billion (ppb) or Micrograms per liter (ug1) - 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 (nanogram1) - one part per trillion corresponds corre-sponds to one minute in 2,000,000 years, or a single penny in $10,000,000,000. Picocuries per liter (pCiL) - picocuries per liter is a measure of the radioactivity in water. Nephelometric Turbidity Unit (NTU) - nephelometic 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 contaminant which, if exceeded, triggers treatment or other requirements which a water system must follow. Treatment Technique (TT) - (mandatory language) A treatment technique is a required process intended to reduce the level of a contaminant in drinking water. Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) - (mandatory language) The "Maximum Allowed" (MCL) is the highest level of a contaminate 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) -(mandatory language) The "Goal" (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. Colony Forming Unit (CFU) - Date - Because of required sampling time frames i.e. yearly, 3 years, 4 years and 6 years, sampling dates "May" seem out of date. Waivers - Because some chemicals are not used or stored in areas around drinking water sources, sourc-es, 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 Level Detected Unit Measurement MCLG MCL Date Sampled Likely Source of Contamination YN NDLow- High J Microbiological Contaminants 1. Total Conform No O NA O presence of 2004 Naturally present in the environment Bacteria coliform bacteria in 5 of monthly ' sample 2. Fecal Coliform No O NA O a routine sample and repeat 20O4 Human and animal fecal waste, and E. coli sample are total coliform positive, and one is also fecal coliform or E. coli - positive 3. b. Turbidity for Surface Water No .3.025 NTU NA 0.5 in at least 95 of the 2004 Soil Runoff samples and must never (highest single measurement & the lowest monthly exceed 5.0 percentage of samples meeting the turbidity limits) Radioactive Contaminants 4. Alpha emitters No I pCi1 O 15 2002 Erosion of natural deposits 5. Beta Emitter No .1 pCi1 O 50 2002 Decay of natural and man-made deposits. 6. Combined Radium No NA pCi1 O 5 2002 Erosion of natural deposits Inorganic Contaminants 10. Barium No 90 ppb 2000 2O0O 1998 Discharge of drilling wastes; discharge from metal refineries; erosion of natural deposits. 14. Copper No a. 711 ppb 1300 AL1300 2002 Corrosion of household plumbing systems; erosion of natural tmmmmmmamm mimmm mma b- 0 deposits; leaching from wood preservatives. 17. Lead No a. 9 ppb 0 AL15 2002 Corrosion of household plumbing systems, erosion of natural ' p- O deposits 18. Mercury No 300 ppt 2000 2000 1998 Erosion of natural deposits; discharge from refineries and ' factories; runoff from landfills, runoff from cropland 19. Nitrate (at Nitrogen) No 200 ppb 10000 1OO00 2004 Runoff from fertilizer use; leaching from septic tanks. ' ' ' ' sewage; erosion of natural deposits 73. TTHM (Total No 43 ppb O 100 2004 By-product of drinking water chlorination Trihalomethanea 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 are man made. Those constituents can be microbes, organic or inorganic chemicals, or radioactive materials. All drinking water, including bottled water, may reasonable be expected to contain at least small amounts of some contaminants. The presence of contaminants contami-nants 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 Hot line at 80O426-4791. MCLs are set at very stringent levels. To understand the possible health effects described for many regulated constituents, a pereca would have to drink 2 liters of water every day at the MCL level for a lifetime to have a one-m-a-million chance of having the described health effect. In our continuing efforts to maintain a safe and dependable water supply it may be necessary to make improvements in your water system. The costs of these improvements may be reflected in the rate structure. Rate adjustments may be necessary in order to address these improvements. Thank you for allowing us to continue providing your family with clean, quality water this year. In order to maintain a safe and dependable water supply we sometimes need to make improvements improve-ments that will benefit all of our customers. These improvements are sometimes reflected as rate structure adjustments. Thank you for understanding. Some people may be more vulnerable to contaminants in drinking water than the general population. pop-ulation. Immunocompromised persons such as persons with cancer undergoing chemotherapy, persons who have undergone organ transplants, people with HTV7AIDS 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. EPACDC guidelines on appropriate means to lessen the risk of infection by Cryptosporidium and other microbiological microbiologi-cal contaminants are available from the Safe drinking Water Hot line 800-426-4791. Please call our office if you have questions. Call 789-9400 ask for Dave or Ken. Ashley Valley Water and Sewer operators work around the clock to provide 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, commu-nity, our way life and our children's future. Published in the Vernal Express on July 13, 2005. |