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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
CHAIRMAN
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 1-44830
salt Lake city, Utah 84174-4830
Mr. Davis,
Subject: Consumer Confidence Report for BRWCD-South Willard UTO2077
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 Putting 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,
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Jamie Williams
Office Manager
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Annuul Drinking Wuter Quulity Report 2023
BRWCD.SOUTH WILLARD 02077
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
corlstant 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. Our water source is our South Willard Well.
The Drinking Water Source Protection Plan for Bear River Water Conservancy District is available for
your review. It contains inforrnation about source protection zones, potential contamination sources and
management strategies to protect our drinking water. Our sources have been detennined to have a low
level of susceptibility from potentialcontamination from sources such as septic tanks, roads, residential
areas, industrial areas, etc. We have also developed management strategies to further protect oLlr sources
frorn contamination. Please contact us if you have questions or concerns about our source protection plan.
There are lnany 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 rningle into the water supply syste:n 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 corlnection. 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 rvill affect you and your farnily first. lf you'd like to learn more about
helping to protect the quality of our water. call us for further information about ways you can lrelp.
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 the BRWCD General Manageq Carl
Mackley, at 435-723-7034. We want our valued customers to be informed about their water utility. If you
rvant 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
for tlre period of January 1 , 2023 to December 3l , 2023 .
We're proud to report that your drinking water met state and federal requirements during 2023.
In the following table you will find many terms and abbreviations you rnight not be familiar with. To help
you better understand these tenns 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 rnultiple tables. To accornplish this, the Iowest and higlrest values detected in the multiple sources are
recorded in the same space in the report table.
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Parts per million (ppm) or Milligrams per liter (mgfl) - 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.
Mitlion 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 rneasure of the clarity of water.
Turbidity in excess of 5 NTU is just rroticeable to the average person.
Action Level (AL) - the concentration of a contaminant which, if exceeded, triggers treatment or other
requirements which a water system rnust follow.
Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) - The "Maximum Allowed" (MCL) is the highest levelof 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 contamirtant in
drinking water below which there is no knorvn 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 rvater. There is convincing evidence that addition of a disinfectant is necessary for control of
rn icrobial contam inants.
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 chemicals are not used or stored in areas around drinking water sources.
sorne 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.
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TEST RESULTS
Contanrinant V iolation
YiN
Level
Detected
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Measurcrncnt
N,ICl.C MCt Date
Sampled
l,ikely Source of
Contan,ination
Microbiological Contaminants
Total Col if'orll Bacteria N ND N/A 0 Presence of
colilbrm bactcria
in 5% of monthly
samples
2023 Naturally present in the
environment
Fecal coliform and E.coli N ND NIA 0 If a routine sample
and repeat sample
are total colifbnn
positive. and one
is also I'ecal
colifbnn or E. coli
positive
2017 Human and anirnal fecal
$ aste
Turbidir,r-N .61 NTTJ 0 0.3 2020 Soil runoff
Inorganic Contaminants
Barium N 03r ppm 2 2 2020 Discharge ol' dri lling \\'astcs;
discharge liom metal
rellneries: erosion ol' natural
deposits
Nitrate N 544 pp.n t0 l0 2023 Runoff frorn fertilizer use:
leachi:rg from septic tanks.
sewage: erosion of natural
deposits
Sodium N 7.5 ppm 500 None 2020 Discharge f'rom petro leum
and metal re(ineries: Erosion
ofnaturai deposits;
Discharge fiom mines.
Sullate N 8 pprn r 000 I 000 2020 Erosion of natural deposits;
discharge fiom refineries and
I'actories; runoll fi om
tanclf i t ls. runotT fiom
cropland
If the sulfate level of a public water systern is greater than 500 pprn, the supplier must satisfactorily demons:rate that: a) no better water is available,
and b) the water shall not be available for human consumption from commercial establishments. ln no case shall rvater having a level above 1000
ppm be used.
TDS (l'otal Dissolved
sotids)
N l.l0 ppm 2000 2000 2020 Erosion ol' natural dcposits
If 'fDS is greater than 1000 ppm the supplier shall demonstrate to the Utah Drinking Watel Board that no better r.vater is available. 'the Boarcl shall
not allorv the use ofan inferior source ofwater ifa better source is available.
Disinfection By-prod ucts
Haloacetic Acids N 1.098 ppb 0 60 2023
TTHM lTotal
trihalomethanesl
N 1.14 ppb 0 80 2023 By-product of drinkin-e r.vater
disinfection
Rad ioactive Contaminants
Alpha emitters N l-l0.t7
Ht2.9
pCi/1.0 l5 2020 Flrosion ol natural deposits
Radium 228 N Lt0.3
H/1.5
pCi/L 0 )2020 E,rosion of natrral deposits
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EPA requires monitoring of over 80 drinking water contaminants. Those contaminants listed in the table
above are the only contamirants detected in your drinking w'ater.
Drinking water, including bottled water, may reasonably be expected to contain at least small amounts of
some contarninants. The presence of contaminants does iot necessarily indicate that water poses a health
risk. More informatiorr about contaminants and potential health effects can be obtained by calling the
EPA's Safe Drinking Water Hotline: [phone].
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 rvho have
undergone organ transplants, people with HIV/AIDS or other immune system disorders, some elderly, a::d
infants can be particularly at risk frorn 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 Cryptosporidiurn and other nicrobial contaminants are available from:
Safe Drinkirrg Water Hotline: [phone]
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