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Home My WebLink AboutDDW-2024-013698Consumer Confidence Report 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. North Salt Lake 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. 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. 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). 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. Cross-Connections City of North Salt Lake 2020 Consumer Confidence Report 2020 We at North Salt Lake 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. 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 surface water sources. Our water source is sourced from deep water wells and purchased from Weber-Basin Water Conservancy District. You can request a copy of Weber Basin Water Conservancy District Annual Water Quality Report from their agency offices: 2837 East Highway 193, Layton Utah 84041 www.weberbasin.com 801.771.1677 The Drinking Water Source Protection Plan for North Salt Lake City is available for your review. It contains information about source protection zones, potential contamination sources and management strategies to protect our drinking water. 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. 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 Jon Rueckert at 801-335-8700. 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 first and third Tuesday of the month at City Hall (10th East Center Street). North Salt Lake City routinely monitors for constituents in our drinking water in accordance with the Federal and Utah State laws. This table shows the results of our monitoring for the period of January 1st to December 31st, 2020. 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 Key to Table MCL Maximum Contaminant Level MCLG Maximum Contaminant Level Goal NTU Nephelometric Turbidity Units (cloudiness) pci/L Picocuries per liter (radioactive units) ppm Parts per million (mg/l, 1 penny in $10,000) mg/L Milligram per liter (mg/l 1, penny in $10,000) ug/L Microgram per liter (ug/l, 1 penny in $10 million) TT Treatment technique, method UR Unregulated, no EPA standard set ND Non-detected (less than the method can see) ND/Low-High Lowest to highest value detected of all sources SW State waiver (never used or detected) NR Non reportable NE Not established AL Action level (triggers further action if exceeded) ND Non Detect Contaminant ViolationY/N Level Detected ND/Low-High Unit Measure-ment MCLG MCL DateSampled Most Likely Source of Contamination Microbiological Contaminants Total Coliform Bacteria N 0 N/A 0 Presence of Coliform bacteria in 5% of monthly samples 2020 Naturally present in the environment Fecal coliform and E. coli N 0 N/A 0 If a routine sample and repeat sample are total coliform positive, and one is also fecal coliform or E. coli positive 2020 Human and animal fecal waste Trubidity for Ground Water N .11 NTU N/A 5 2020 Soil runoff Inorganic Contaminants Arsenic N .0007-.0008 mg/L 0 .01 2019 Erosion of natural deposits; runoff from orchards; runoff from glass and electronics production wastes Barium N .063-.069 mg/L 2 2 2019 Discharge of drilling wastes; discharge from metal refiner-ies; erosion of natural deposits Carbon, Total Organic (TOC)N ND mg/L N/A TT 2019 Naturally present in the environment Coppera. 90% of resultsb. # of sites that exceed AL N a. .258b. 0 mg/L 1.3 AL=1.3 2018 Corrosion of household plumbing systems; erosion of natural deposits Cyanide N ND mg/L .2 .2 2019 Discharge from steel/metal factories; discharge from plastic and fertilizer factories Fluoride N .661 ppm 4.0 4.0 2019 Erosion of natural deposits; water additive which promotes strong teeth; discharge from fertilizer and aluminum factories Leada. 90% of resultsb. # of sites that exceed AL N a. .0066b. 0 mg/L 0.015 AL=.015 2018 Corrosion of household plumbing systems, erosion of natural deposits Mercury (inorganic)N ND mg/L .002 .002 2019 Erosion of natural deposits; discharge from refineries and factories; runoff from landfills; runoff from cropland Nickel N ND mg/L .1 .005 2019 Nitrate (as Nitrogen)N 3.9-4.7 mg/L 10 10 2020 Runoff from fertilizer use; leaching from septic tanks, sewage; erosion of natural materials Selenium N .0014-.0017 mg/L .05 .0005 2019 Discharge from petroleum and metal refineries, erosion of natural deposits; discharge from mines Sodium N 106-107 mg/L None set by EPA None set by EPA 2019 Erosion of natural deposits; discharge from refineries and factories; runoff from landfills Sulfate N 53-78 mg/L 250 250 2019 Erosion of natural deposits; discharge from refineries and factories; runoff from landfills; runoff from cropland TDS (Total Dissolved Solids)N 560-720 mg/L 1000 1000 2019 Erosion of natural deposits Disinfection By-products TTHM (Total Trihalomethanes)N 1.6-17.8 ug/L 0 80 2020 By-product of drinking water disinfection Haloacetic Acids N ND-14.4 ug/L 0 60 2020 By-product of drinking water disinfection Chlorine N .02-.8 ppm 4.0 4.0 2020 Water additive used to control microbes Radioactive Contaminants Alpha emitters N 2.6-3.4 pCi/l 0 15 2019 Erosion of natural deposits Combined N .085-1.07 pCi/l 0 5 2019 Erosion of natural deposits Radium 226 N .35 pCi/l 0 5 2019 Erosion of natural deposits Radium 228 N .39-.51 pCi/l 0 5 2019 Erosion of natural deposits Volatile Organic Contaminants Tetrachloroethylene N ND-1.9 ug/L 5 5 2020 Discharge from factories and dry cleaners Xylenes N ND ug/L 5 10000 2020 Discharge from petroleum factories; discharge from chemical factories