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Annual Drinking Water Quality Report
Nibley City, Utah
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
source is from groundwater sources. Our water source is pumped from 3 underground wells, which
draw from a naturally occurring water supply.
The Drinking Water Source Protection Plan for Nibley 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 are in remote and protected
areas and have a low level of susceptibility to potential contamination sources. 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 Steve
Eliason at 435-752-0431. 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
every three weeks starting on Thursday, January 11th at 6:30 p.m. The schedule can be found at
nibleycity.com These meetings are held at the Nibley City Offices at 455 W. 3200 S. Please note
that these meetings are subject to change.
Nibley City 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 1st to December 31st, 2023. All drinking water, including bottled drinking
water, may be reasonably expected to contain at least small amounts of some constituents. It's
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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
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.
Picocuries per liter (pCi/L) - picocuries per liter is a measure of the radioactivity in water.
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.
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.
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TEST RESULTS
Contaminant Violation
Y/N Level
Detected
ND/Low-
High
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
Turbidity
for Ground Water
N 0 to.28
NTU 0 .3 2022
Soil runoff
Inorganic Contaminants
Arsenic N 0 to .6 ppb 0 10 2022 Erosion of natural deposits;
runoff from orchards; runoff
from glass and electronics
production wastes
Barium N .039-.042 ppb 2000 2000 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. 126
b. 0
ppb 1300 AL=1300 2023 Corrosion of household
plumbing systems; erosion of
natural deposits
Cyanide N 0-8.8 ppb 200 200 2022 Discharge from steel/metal
factories; discharge from
plastic and fertilizer factories
Fluoride N 144-215 ppb 4000 4000 2022 Erosion of natural deposits;
water additive which
promotes strong teeth;
discharge from fertilizer and
aluminum factories
Lead
a. 90% results
b. # of sites that exceed
the AL
N a. 1
b.0
ppb 0 AL=15 2020 Corrosion of household
plumbing systems, erosion of
natural deposits
Nitrate (as Nitrogen) N 250-305 ppb 10000 10000 2023 Runoff from fertilizer use;
leaching from septic tanks,
sewage; erosion of natural
deposits
Selenium N 0-.8 ppb 50 50 2022 Discharge from petroleum
and metal refineries; erosion
of natural deposits; discharge
from mines
Sodium N 5.155-
6.467
ppm 500 None 2022 Erosion of natural deposits;
discharge from refineries and
factories; runoff from
landfills.
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Sulfate N 35.868-
53.413
ppm 1000 1000 2022 Erosion of natural deposits;
discharge from refineries and
factories; runoff from
landfills, runoff from
cropland. No better water is
available with lower limits of
sodium.
TDS (Total Dissolved
solids)
N 260-320 ppm 2000 2000 2022
Erosion of natural deposits.
No better water is available
with lower limits of TDS.
Disinfection By-products
TTHM
[Total trihalomethanes]
N 1.2-1.2 ppb 0 80 2022
By-product of drinking water
disinfection
Chlorine N .1-3.7 ppm 4 4 2019
Water additive used to
control microbes
Radioactive
Contaminants
Alpha emitters N .24-2.1 pCi/1 0 15 2020
Erosion of natural deposits
Radium 228 N .06-.19 pCi/1 0 5 2020
Erosion of natural deposits
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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 manmade. 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.
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 Nibley 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.
Nibley City 455 W 3200 S Nibley, UT 84321 January 25, 2024 Brandi Smith CCR Compliance Division of Drinking Water P.O. Box 144830 Salt Lake City, Utah 84114-4830 Dear Ms. Smith: Subject: Consumer Confidence Report for Nibley City 03001 Enclosed is a copy of Nibley 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: •Making copies of the report available at Nibley City Offices.•Publishing the entire report on the internet.o It is located at the URL: www.nibleycity.comoWe also notified each customer of the availability of the report inthe monthly water bill.If you have any questions, please contact me at 435-752-0431. Sincerely, Steve Eliason Nibley City Water 6