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Annual Drinking Water Quality Report
Springdale Town Water System 2023

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 from groundwater and surface water sources. Our water
sources are Big Spring, Virgin River Intake, and Hummingbird Well. We also purchase water from
Zion Canyon Water system (UTAH27051).

The Drinking Water Source Protection Plan for Springdale Town Water System 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.

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 as our customer.

If you have any questions or concerning your water utility, please contact Rob Totten at (435)-
772-3434. 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 Town Council meetings. The meetings
are held on the second Wednesday of every month at 5:00 pm at the community center.

Springdale Town Water System 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 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.
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.
Treatment Technique (TT) - A treatment technique is a required process intended to reduce the
level of a contaminant in drinking water.
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.
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-
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 N/A 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 Surface Water N 0.18 NTU N/A 0.5 in at least 95%
of the samples and
must never exceed
5.0

2023

Soil Runoff

(highest single
measurement & the lowest
monthly percentage of
samples meeting the
turbidity limits)
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Inorganic Contaminants
Arsenic N 1 ppb 0 10 2023 Erosion of natural
deposits; runoff from
orchards; runoff from glass
and electronics production
wastes
Barium N 0.076 ppm 2 2 2023 Discharge of drilling
wastes; discharge from
metal refineries; erosion of
natural deposits
Carbon, Total Organic
(TOC)
N 0-3.575 ppm NA TT 2023 Naturally present in the
environment
Copper
a. 90% results
b. # of sites that exceed
the AL
N a.0.019

b.0
ppm 1.3 AL=1.3 2023 Corrosion of household
plumbing systems; erosion
of natural deposits
Fluoride N 0.121 ppm 4 4 2023 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 2023 Corrosion of household
plumbing systems, erosion
of natural deposits
Nitrate (as Nitrogen) N ND ppm 10 10 2023 Runoff from fertilizer use;
leaching from septic tanks,
sewage; erosion of natural
deposits
Selenium N 0.5 ppb 50 50 2023 Discharge from petroleum
and metal refineries;
erosion of natural deposits;
discharge from mines
Sodium N 45.733 ppm None set
by EPA
None set by EPA 2023 Erosion of natural
deposits; discharge from
refineries and factories;
runoff from landfills.
Sulfate N 88.018 ppm 1000 1000 2023 Erosion of natural
deposits; discharge from
refineries and factories;
runoff from landfills,
runoff from cropland
TDS (Total Dissolved
solids)
N 462 ppm 2000 2000 2023 Erosion of natural deposits
Disinfection By-products
TTHM [Total
trihalomethanes]
N 11.3-
66.03
ppb 0 80 2023 By-product of drinking
water disinfection
Haloacetic Acids N 0-34 ppb 0 60 2023 By-product of drinking
water disinfection
Chlorine N 0.65-
0.666
ppb 4000 4000 2020

Water additive used to
control microbes
Radioactive Contaminants
Alpha emitters N ND-1.6 pCi/1 0 15 2019 Erosion of natural deposits
Radium 226 N 0.18-0.37 pCi/1 0 5 2020 Erosion of natural deposits
Radium 228 N 0.06-0.47 pCi/1 0 5 2020 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. Springdale Town Water
System 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.

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 Springdale Town Water System 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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Springdale Town Water System
PO Box 187
Springdale, UT 84767

June 21, 2024

Brandi Smith
CCR Compliance
Division of Drinking Water
P.O. Box 144830
Salt Lake City, Utah 84114-4830
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

Dear Ms. Smith:

Subject: Consumer Confidence Report for Springdale Town Water System (UTAH27017)

Enclosed is a copy of Springdale Town Water System’s 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 a notice of availability on our water bill and sending a copy to those who request
one. We will also make copies available at the Water Treatment Plant.

If you have any questions, please contact me at 435-772-3434.

Sincerely,

Rob Totten
Springdale Town Water System