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Brandi Smith
CCR Compliance
Division of Drinking Water
P.0. Box 144830
salr Lake city, utah 84t14-4830
April9,2024
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Dear Ms. Smith:
Subject: Consumer Confidence Report for Minersville Water System #UTAH07004
Enclosed is a copy of Min ersville Water System Consumer Confidence Report. It contains
the water quality information for our water system for the calendar year 2023 or the most
recent sample data.
We have delivered this report to our customers by:
For systems 500 - 70,000 population (select method below)
If you have any questions, please contact m e at 435-386-2242.
Sincerely,
BarryMarshall Minersville
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F Mailing it directly to each customer.
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Annual Drinking Water Quality Report
Minersville Water System #UTAHO1004
2023
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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 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
sources have been determined to be from groundwater sources. Our water sources are from one
well and two springs.
The Drinking Water Source Protection PIan for Minersville Water System 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 from sources such as roads and
farm areas. 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 concems 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, 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.
This report shows our water quality and what it means to you, our customer,
If you have any questions about this report or concerning your water utility, please contact Barry
Marshall at 435-386-2242 or [e-mail]. 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 first and third Monday of each month at the town
building at 5 p.m.
Minersville Water System routinely monitors 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't to December 3 I't, 2023 . A1l 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
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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.
ND/Low - 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 (ug/l) - 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 (nanograms/l) - 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/l) - one part per quadrillion
corresponds to one minute in 2,000,000,000 years or one penny in $10,000,000,000,000.
Millirems per year (mrem/yr) - 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 l0 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 contaminant which, if exceeded, triggers treatment or
other requirements which a water system must follow.
Treatment Technique GD - 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 "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.
Maximum Residual Disinfectant Level (MRDL) - The highest level of a disinfectant
drinking water. There is convincing evidence that addition of a disinfectant is
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Picocuries per liter (pCi/L) - picocuries per liter is a measure of the radioactivity in water.
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.
lYaivers (ll)- 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
YN
Level
Detected
ND/Low-
Hieh
Unit
Measurement
MCLG MCL Date
Sampled
Likely Source of
Contamination
Microbiological Contaminants
Total Coliform Bacteria N ND N/A 0 Presence of
coliform bacteria
in 57o of monthly
samples
2023 Naturally present in the
environment
Fecal coliform and
E.coli
N ND N/A 0 Ila routine sample
and repeat sample
are total coliform
positive, and one
is also fecal
coliform or E. coli
positive
2023 Human and animal fecal
waste
Turbidity
for Ground Water
N 0.3 NTU N/A 5 2022 Soil runolf
Inorganic Contaminants
Arsenic N 4 ppb 0 t0 2022 Erosion of natural deposits;
runoff from orchardsl runoff
from glass and electronics
production wastes
Barium N 20 ppb 2000 2000 2022 Discharge of drilling wastes;
discharge from metal
refineries; erosion of natural
deposits
Copper
a. 90%o results
b. # ofsites that
exceed the AL
N a. 150
b.
ppb I 300 AL: r 300 2022 Corrosion ofhousehold
plumbing systems; erosion of
natural deposits
Fluoride N 432 ppb 4000 4000 2022 Erosion of natural deposits;
water additive which
promotes strong teeth;
discharge from fertilizer and
aluminum factories
Lead
a. 907o results
b. # ofsites that exceed
the AL
N a.2.5
b.
ppb 0 AL:15 2022 Corrosion of household
plumbing systems, erosion of
natural deposits
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Nitrate (as Nitrogen)N
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ppb I 0000 I 0000 2023 Runoff from fertilizer use:
leaching lrom septic tanks,
sewage; erosion of natural
deposits
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Selenium N ppb 50 50 2022 Discharge from petroleum
and metal refineries: erosion
ol natural deposits; discharge
from mines
Sodium N 3l ppm None set
by EPA
None set by EPA 2022 Erosion of natural deposits;
discharge from refineries and
factoriesl runoff lrom
landfills.
Sulfate N 47 ppm r 000 I 000 2022 Erosion of natural deposits;
discharge lrom refineries and
factories; runoff lrom
landfills. runolf from
cropland
TDS (Total Dissolved
solids)
N 392 ppm 2000 2000 2022 Erosion of natural deposits
Radioactive Contaminants
Alpha eminers N 8 pCi/l 0 l5 2022 Erosion of natural deposits
Radium 228 N 0.16 pCi/l 0 5 2022 Erosion of natural deposits
While your drinking water meets EPA's standard for arsenic, it does contain low levels of
arsenic. EPA's standard balances the current understanding of arsenic's possible health effects
against the costs of removing arsenic from drinking water. EPA continues to research the health
effects of low levels of arsenic which is a mineral known to cause cancer in humans at high
concentrations and is linked to other health effects such as skin damage and circulatory
problems.
If present, elevated levels of lead can cause serious health problems, especially for
pregnant women and young children. Lead in drinking water is primarily from materials
and components associated with service lines and home plumbing. Minersville Water
System is responsible for providing high quality drinking water but cannot control the
variety of materials used in plumbing components. When your water has been sitting for
several hours, you can minimize the potential for lead exposure by flushing your tap for 30
seconds to 2 minutes before using water for drinking or cooking. If you are concerned
about lead in your water, you may wish to have your water tested. Information on lead in
drinking water, testing methods, and steps you can take to minimize exposure is available
from the safe Drinking Water Hotline or at http://www.epa.gov/safewater/lead.
As you can see from the table, our system had no violations. We're proud that your drinking
water meets or exceeds all Federal and State requirements. We have leamed through our
monitoring and testing that some constituents have been detected.
All sources of drinking water are subject to potential contamination by constituents that are
naturally occurring or manmade. Those constituents can be microbes, organic or inorganic
chemicals, or radioactive materials. All drinking water, including bottled water, may ieasonably
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 l-800-426-4791.
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 atthe MCL
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level for a 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. Immunocompromised 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 from their health care providers about drinking water.
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 Minersville Water System 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, our way of life and our children's future.
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