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Water Quality Report
Brian Head Town - 2020

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 are ground water sources and are from four springs and three wells.

The Drinking Water Source Protection Plan for Brian Head 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. Potential
contamination sources common in our protection areas are erosion of natural deposits, runoffs
from grasslands, woodlands, forests and wildlife waste. Our sources have a low susceptibility to
potential contamination. 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 Wendy Dowland ([e-mail]), with Brian Head Town Public Works
for the Brian Head Town Water System, PO Box 190068, Brian Head, UT 84719. Phone 435-
677-2029. 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 every 2nd
and 4th Tuesday of the month at 1pm, in Town Hall Council Chambers located at 56 N Hwy
143, Brian Head, Utah, Also you can attend virtually by zoom.

Brian Head 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, 2020. All drinking water, including
bottled drinking water, may be reasonably expected to contain at least small amounts of some
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constituents. It's 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 out-dated.
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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 1 N/A 0 Presence of
coliform bacteria
in 5% of monthly
samples
2020 Naturally present in the
environment
Fecal coliform and
E.coli
N 1 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
Turbidity
for Ground Water
N 0.49 NTU N/A 5 2014 Soil runoff
Inorganic Contaminants
Arsenic N ND-1 ppb 0 10 2016 Erosion of natural deposits;
runoff from orchards; runoff
from glass and electronics
production wastes
Barium N 40-131 ppb 2000 2000 2019 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. ND

b.0
ppb 1300 AL=1300 2019 Corrosion of household
plumbing systems; erosion
of natural deposits
Lead
a. 90% results
b. # of sites that exceed
the AL
N a. ND

b. 0
ppb 0 AL=15 2019 Corrosion of household
plumbing systems, erosion
of natural deposits
Fluoride N ND-200 ppb 4000 4000 2016 Erosion of natural deposits;
water additive which
promotes strong teeth;
discharge from fertilizer and
aluminum factories
Nitrate (as Nitrogen) N ND-1 ppm 10 10 2020 Runoff from fertilizer use;
leaching from septic tanks,
sewage; erosion of natural
deposits
Selenium N ND-1 ppb 50 50 2016 Discharge from petroleum
and metal refineries; erosion
of natural deposits;
discharge from mines
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Sodium N ND-3 ppm 500 None set by EPA 2019 Erosion of natural deposits;
discharge from refineries
and
factories; runoff from
landfills.
Sulfate N ND-3 ppm 1000 1000 2016 Erosion of natural deposits;
discharge from refineries
and factories; runoff from
landfills, runoff from
cropland
TDS (Total Dissolved
solids)
N 75-240 ppm 2000 2000 2019 Erosion of natural deposits
Radioactive Contaminants
Alpha emitters N 0.95-1 pCi/1 0 15 2019 Erosion of natural deposits
Combined N .35-3.4 pCi/l 0 5 2019 Erosion of natural deposits
Radium 226 N .23-2 pCi/1 0 5 2019 Erosion of natural deposits
Radium 228 N 0.12-1.4 pCi/1 0 5 2019 Erosion of natural deposits

All sources of drinking water are subject to potential contamination by constituents that
are naturally occurring or are 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.

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. Brian Head 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.
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
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immune system disorders, some elderly, and infants can be particularly at risk from infections.
These people should seek advice about drinking water from their health care providers.
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 Brian Head 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.