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Annual Drinking Water Quality Report
Willard City
2023
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 Upper Spring and 2003 North Well (grouped together) and 1995 Well.
The Drinking Water Source Protection Plan for Willard 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 from sources such as wildlife. 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, 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
Payden Vine (Public Works Director) @ 435-775-1002. 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 2 nd and 4 th Thursday each month at 6:30 pm at 80 West
50 South, Willard.
Willard City Public Works 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 st to December 31 st , 2023, 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.
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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.
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.
Million Fibers per Liter (MFL) - million fibers per liter is a measure of the presence of asbestos
fibers that are longer than 10 micrometers.
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.
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 outdated.
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-Hi
gh
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 5% of monthly
samples
2023 Naturally present in the
environment
Fecal coliform and
E.coli
N ND N/A 0 If a routine
sample and repeat
sample are total
2023 Human and animal fecal
waste
2
coliform positive,
and one is also
fecal coliform or
E. coli positive
Turbidity
for Ground Water
N 0.08-0.11 NTU N/A 0.3 2022 Soil runoff
Inorganic Contaminants
Barium N 0.019-
0.036
ppm 2 2 2022 Discharge of drilling wastes;
discharge from metal
refineries; erosion of natural
deposits
Copper
a. 90% results
b. # of sites that
exceed the AL
N a.0.18
b.0
ppm 1.3 AL=1.3 2023 Corrosion of household
plumbing systems; erosion of
natural deposits
Fluoride N ND-0.124 ppb 4 4 2022 Erosion of natural deposits;
water additive which
promotes strong teeth;
discharge from fertilizer and
aluminum factories
Lead
a. ND 90% results
b. 0 of sites that
exceed the AL
N a. 4.1
b.0
ppb 0 AL=15 2023 Corrosion of household
plumbing systems, erosion of
natural deposits
Nitrate (as Nitrogen) N 0.18 ppm 10 10 2022 Runoff from fertilizer use;
leaching from septic tanks,
sewage; erosion of natural
deposits
Selenium N ND ppb 50 50 2022 Discharge from petroleum
and metal refineries; erosion
of natural deposits; discharge
from mines
Sodium N 2.7-4.0 ppm 500 None set by EPA 2022 Erosion of natural deposits;
discharge from refineries and
factories; runoff from
landfills.
Sulfate N 26.6-28.5 ppm 250 250 2022 Erosion of natural deposits;
discharge from refineries and
factories; runoff from
landfills, runoff from
cropland
TDS (Total Dissolved
solids)
N 136-144 ppm 1000 1000 2022 Erosion of natural deposits
Disinfection By-products
TTHM
[Total Trihalomethanes]
N ND ppb 0 80 2022 By-product of drinking water
disinfection
Haloacetic Acids N ND ppb 0 60 2022 By-product of drinking water
disinfection
Radioactive Contaminants
Alpha emitters N 2.7-8.3 pCi/L 0 15 2022 Erosion of natural deposits
Radium-226 N -0.09 pCi/L 0 5 2022 Erosion of natural deposits
Radium-228 N 0.16-0.79 pCi/L 0 5 2022 Erosion of natural deposits
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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. Willard City 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 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. All 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 1-800-426-4791.
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 at the MCL
level for a lifetime to have a one-in-a-million chance of having the described health effect.
Nitrates : As a precaution we always notify physicians and health care providers in this area if
there is ever a higher than normal level of nitrates in the water supply.
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 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 Willard City 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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Willard City
80 W. 50 S.
Willard, Utah 84340
June 28, 2024
Brandi Smith:
CCR Compliance
Division of Drinking Water
P.O. Box 144830
Salt Lake City, Utah 84114-4830
Dear Mrs. Smith:
Subject: Consumer Confidence Report for Willard City # 02024
Enclosed is a copy of Willard City 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 posting the CCR on the internet at
this web address www.willardcity.com and post a notice on the water bill of the
availability of this report.
If you have any questions, please contact me at 435-775-1002.
Sincerely,
Payden Vine
Willard City
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