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The Water We Drink
Bluff Water Works Special Service District
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
wells: They are 1-94 Well, 1-96 Well, 2-96 Well, and the Corral 2003 Well.
The Drinking Water Source Protection Plan for Bluff Water Works SSD 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 medium level of susceptibility from potential contamination from sources such as traffic,
wildlife, and flood waters. 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.
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
Ben Musselman at [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 2 nd Wednesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. at the Old Jail
(Library).
Bluff Water Works SSD 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. All 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
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necessarily pose a health risk.
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.
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.
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 out-dated.
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-H
igh
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
coliform positive,
and one is also
fecal coliform or
E. coli positive
2023 Human and animal fecal
waste
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Turbidity
for Ground Water
N 0.1 -1.21 NTU N/A 5 2022 Soil runoff
Inorganic Contaminants
Arsenic N Treated
0 – 8.2
ppb 0 10 2022,
2023
Erosion of natural deposits;
runoff from orchards; runoff
from glass and electronics
production wastes
Copper
a. 90% results
b. # of sites that
exceed the AL
N a. 0.017
b. 0
ppm 1.3 AL=1.3 2021 Corrosion of household
plumbing systems; erosion of
natural deposits
Lead
a. 90% results
# of sites that exceed the
AL
N a. 0.3
b.0
ppb 2 AL=15 2021 Corrosion of household
plumbing systems, erosion of
natural deposits
Barium N 0.023-0.027 ppm 2 2 2022 Discharge of drilling wastes;
Discharge
from metal refineries;
Erosion of natural
deposits.
Sodium N 75.127
low
97.417
high
ppm None set
by EPA
None set by EPA 2022 Erosion of natural deposits;
discharge from refineries and
factories; runoff from
landfills.
Sulfate N 78.863low
92.563high
ppm 1000 1000 2022 Erosion of natural deposits;
discharge from refineries and
factories; runoff from
landfills, runoff from
cropland
TDS (Total Dissolved
solids)
N 212/260 ppm 2000 2000 2022 Erosion of natural deposits
Arsenic . Some people who drink water containing arsenic in excess of the MCL over many years
could experience skin damage or problems with their circulatory system, and may have an increased risk
of getting cancer. 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. Bluff Water Works treats for
arsenic. The high levels represent raw water before treatment, and the low samples reflect the safe levels
attained after treatment and delivered to your tap.
Lead . 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. Bluff Water Works SSD 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.
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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.
Lead : Lead in drinking water is rarely the sole cause of lead poisoning, but it can add to a person's
total lead exposure. All potential sources of lead in the household should be identified and removed,
replaced or reduced.
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 [phone]).
We at Bluff Water Works SSD 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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Bluff Water Works SSD
P.O. Box 3
Bluff Utah, 84512
May 27, 2024
Utah Division of Drinking Water
Attn: Tim Davis
P.O. Box 144830
Salt Lake City, Utah 84114-4830
Dear Mr. Davis
Subject: Consumer Confidence Report for Bluff Water Works SSD # 19002
Enclosed is a copy of Bluff Water Works SSD 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:
Mailing it directly to each customer.
If you have any questions, please contact me at [e-mail]
Sincerely,
Ben Musselman
Bluff Water Works SSD
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