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Bear River Water Conservancy District
102 West Forest Street
Brigham City, UT 84302
435-723-7034
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
DENNIS J BOTT
CHAIRN/AN
RICHARD DAY
VICE CHAIRMAN
LYLE HOLMGREN
FINANCIAL CHAIRMAN
BOYD BINGHAM
BRODIE CALDER
JAY CAPENER
RIGGIN HOLMGREN
LESLEY KENDRICK
MARK LARSON
TIM MUNNS
JOSEPH SUMMERS
CHANCE BAXTER
GENERAL MANAGER
INTERIM
May 8,2024
Utah Division of Drinking Water
Attn:Tim Davis
P.O. Box 144830
Salt Lake City, Utah 84774-4830
Mr. Davis,
Subject: Consumer Confidence Report for BRWCD-Harper Ward UT02068
Enclosed is a copy of Bear River Water Conservancy District Consumer Confidence Report
for the calendar year 2023.
We have delivered this report to our customers by:
o PuttinB a notice of availability on our retail customer water bills
o Emailing a copy to our wholesale customers
o Making copies of the report available at the District office
o Publishing the entire report on the lnternet at www.brwcd.com
The report is correct and consistent with the compliance monitoring data previously submitted to the Utah
Division of Drinking Water.
lf you have any questions, please contact me at 435-723-7034.
Sincerely,
Jamie Williams
Office Manager
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Annuul Drinking Woter Quulity Report 2023
BRWCD-HARPER WARD UTAHO2O68
We are 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 frorn groundwater. Our water source is Brigham City Corporation.
The Drinking Water Source Protection Plan for Bear River Water Conservancy District is available for
your review. It contains information about source protection zones, potential contamination,sources and
lnanagement strategies to protect our drinking water. Our sources have been deterrnined to have a low
levelof susceptibility frorn potentialcontamination from sources such as septictanks. roads, residential
areas, industrial areas, etc. We have also developed managelrrent strategies to further protect our sources
fiom corrtamination. Please contact us if you have questions or concerns about our source protection plan.
Tlrere are many connectious to our water distribution system. Wherr connections are properly installed
and maintained. tlre concerns are very minimal. Howeveq unapproved and improper piping cltanges 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 rningle into the rvater supply system when rrot
properly protected. This not only cornpromises 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 sprirrkler
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 farnily first. If you'd like to learn more about
helping to protect the quality of our rvater. 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 reporl or conceming your water utility, please contact the BRWCD General Manager, Carl
Mackley, at 435-723-7034. 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 usually held on the
fourth Wednesday of each month at 6:00 p.m. in the BRWCD District Office Conference Room at 102
West Forest Street, Brigham City. Utah. Check the schedule on our website.
Bear River Water Conservancy 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
forthe period of January 1,2023 to December3l,2023.
We're pror"rd to report that your drinking water met state and federal requirernents during 2023.
In the following table you will find many terms and abbreviations you might not be familiar rvith. To help
you better understand these tenns we've provided tlre 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 rvater, 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 rnultiple tables. To accomplish this, the lowest and highest values detected in the multiple sources are
recorded in the same space in tlre report table.
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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.
Picocuries per liter (pCi/L) - picocuries per liter is a measure of the radioactivity in water.
Millirems per year (mrem/yr) - measure of radiation absorbed by the body.
Million Fibers per Liter (MfL) - million fibers per liter is a rneasure of the presence of asbestos fibers
that are longer than l0 micrometers.
Nephelometric Turbidity Unit (NTU) - nephelometric turbidity unit is a rneasrrre 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.
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.
Date- Because of required sampling time frames i.e. yearly. 3 years. 4 years and 6 years. sampling dates
may seem outdated.
Waivers (W)- Because some chernicals are not used or stored in areas around drinking water sources,
sorne water systems ltave been given waivers that exempt them from having to take certain chernical
samples, these waivers are also tied to Drinking Water Source Protection Plans.
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TEST RESULTS
Contaminanl Violation
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Level
Detected
ND/Lorv-
Hieh
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Mcasurernent
MCt,G N,ICI,Date
Sampled
l.ikely Source ol
Contamination
Microbiological Contam inants
Total Colifonrr Bacteria N ND N/A 0 Presence of
colifbmr bacteria
in 5% of rnonthly
samples
2023 Naturally present in the
environment
Fecal colifonn and E.coli N ND N/A 0 Ila routine sample
and repeat sample
are total coliform
positive. and one
is also t'ecal
colifbnn or E. coli
positive
2020 Human and anirnal fecal
waste
Turbiditl N . l2 Lorv
1.7 High
NTTI 0 0.3 2022 Soil runotF
Inorganic Contaminants
Arsenic N 0/t-
t.llH
ppb 0 r0 2022 Erosion of natural deposits:
runofT fi'om orchards: runoff
l'rom glass and electronics
production wastes
Bariunr N .0441L
.l I t/H
ppm 2 2 2022 Discharge of drilling \\astes:
disoharge fiom metal
refi nelies: erosion ol natural
dcposits
Cy,an ido N 7 ppb 204 200 2022
Copper
a. 90%o results
b. # of sites that
exceed the AL
N a.0.068
b.0
ppm 1.3 AL:I.3 2023 Erosion of natural deposits:
leaching from wood
prcservatives: corrosion of
househ<lld plumbins sYStems.
Fluoride N 0.633 pprx 4 I 2022 Erosion of natural deposits;
u'ater additive rvhich
promotes strong teeth:
discharge from fertilizer and
aluminum factories
Lead
a. 9096 results
b. # ofsites that exceed
the AL
N a.0.7
b.0
ppb 0 AL:I 5 2023 Corrosion of household
plumbing systems. erosion of
natural deposits
Nitrate N .584 pprx t0 r0 2022 RunotI' fiom ferti lizer use:
leaching from septic tanks.
servage: erosion ol natural
deposits
Seleniunr N 0.6 ppb 50 50 2022 Discharge fiom petroleum
and metal refineries; erosion
ol natural deposits; discharge
f'rom mines
2022
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8.5/L
55.3/H
Discharge frorn petroleum
and metal refineries: Erosion
of natural deposits:
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Sodium N pptn 500 None
mlnes.
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Sulfate N 9.6tL
54. I /t{
ppln I 000 I 000 2022 Erosion of natural deposits:
discharge fiom refineries and
thctories; runotitiom
landti I ls, runof'f f-ronr
crorlland
Ilthe sult-ate level of a public rvater system is greater than 500 ppm. the supplier must satisfactorily demonstrate that: a) no better rvater is available.
and b) the water shall not be available tbr human consumption fiom commercial establishments. In no case shall water having a level above 1000
ppm be used.
TDS (Total Dissolved
solids)
N 72tL
29tH
ppm 2000 2000 2022 Erosion of natural deposits
If TDS is greater than 1000 ppm the supplier shall demonstrate to the Utah Drinking Water Board that no better rvater is available. The Board shall
not allorv the use of an inf'erior source of rvater if abetter source is available.
D isinfection By-prod ucts
I"l'llM ['l'otal
trihalo methanesl
N 7.05 ppb 0 tt0 2023 By-product ol drinking water
disinfection
Radioactive Contaminants
Alpha emitters N 0.73 pCitl 0 t5 2022 Erosion of natural deposits
Radium 228 N 0.87 pCi/l 0 )2022 [:rosion of natural deposits
EPA requires monitoring of over 80 drinking water contaminants. Those contaminants listed in the table
above are the only contalninants detected in your drinking water.
Drinking water, including bottled water. may reasonably be expected to contain at least small amounts of
sotne contalninants. The presence of contaminants does not necessarily indicate that water poses a health
risk. More information about contaminants and potential health effects can be obtained by calling the
EPAs Safe Drinking Water Hotline: [phone].
Some people may be more vulnerable to contaminants in drinking water than the general population.
Immuno-cotnpromised persons such as persons witlr cancer undergoing chemotherapy, persons who have
urtdergone organ transplants, people with HIV/AIDS or other immune system disorders, sorne 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 rneans to lessen the risk of infection
by Cryptosporidium and other microbial contaminants are available frorn:
Safe Drinking Water Hotline: [phone]
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