HomeMy WebLinkAboutDDW-2024-013727Annual Drinking Water Quality Report
Kanarraville 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 have been determined to be from groundwater sources. Our
water sources are Kanarraville Spring and Town Well #2.
The Drinking Water Source Protection Plan for Kanarraville Town 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 from sources such as roads,
septic tanks, agriculture, etc. 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 Jay Rhodes at (435) 867-1852.
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 second
Thursday of each month, 7:30 pm at the Town Hall.
Kanarraville Town 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, 2018. 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.
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.
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.
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 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 2020 Human and animal fecal waste Turbidity
for Ground Water N 0.08-0.35 NTU N/A 0.3 2018 Soil runoff Radioactive Contaminants Alpha emitters N 2 – 3 pCi/1 0 15 2009 Erosion of natural deposits Radium 228 N 0.47-0.48 pCi/1 0 5 2019 Erosion
of natural deposits Inorganic Contaminants Arsenic N 1.3 ppb 0 10 2018 Erosion of natural deposits; runoff from orchards; runoff from glass and electronics production wastes Barium N 0.018-
0.036 ppm 2 2 2018 Discharge of drilling wastes; discharge from metal refineries; erosion of natural deposits Copper
90% results
# of sites that exceed the AL N a. 0.113
b.0 ppm 1.3 AL=1.3 2018 Corrosion of household plumbing systems; erosion of natural deposits Fluoride N 0.139- 0.186 ppm 4 4 2018 Erosion of natural deposits; water additive which promotes
strong teeth; discharge from fertilizer and aluminum factories Lead
90% results
# of sites that exceed the AL N a.1.7
b. 0 ppb 0 AL=15 2018 Corrosion of household plumbing systems, erosion of natural deposits Nitrate (as Nitrogen) N 0.212- 1.404 ppm 10 10 2020 Runoff from fertilizer
use; leaching from septic tanks, sewage; erosion of natural deposits Selenium N 2-2.5 ppb 50 50 2018 Discharge from petroleum and metal refineries; erosion of natural deposits; discharge
from mines Sodium N 8.08- 15.627 ppm None set by EPA None set by EPA 2018 Erosion of natural deposits; discharge from refineries and factories; runoff from landfills. Sulfate N 145.295/256.231 ppm 1000* 1000* 2018 Erosion
of natural deposits; discharge from refineries and factories; runoff from landfills, runoff from cropland TDS (Total Dissolved solids) N 408-636 ppm 2000** 2000** 2018 Erosion of natural
deposits Synthetic Organic Contaminants Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate
N
1
ppb
0
6
2013
Discharge from rubber and chemical factories
Volatile Organic Contaminants Ethylbenzene N 14.6 ppb 700 700 2016 Discharge from petroleum refineries Xylenes N 0.061 ppm 10 10 2016 Discharge from petroleum factories; discharge
from chemical factories Disinfection By-products TTHM [Total trihalomethanes] N .5 ppb 80 100 2014 By-product of drinking water disinfection Haloacetic
Acids N 2 ppb 0 60 2014 By-product of drinking water disinfection Chlorine N 0.1 ppm 4 4 2014 Water additive used to control microbes 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.
Kanarraville Town 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.
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 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).
We at Kanarraville Town work 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.
January 13, 2021
Kanarraville Town Water System
PO Box 420148
Kanarraville, UT 84742
Brandi Smith
CCR Compliance
Division of Drinking Water
P.O. Box 144830
Salt Lake City, Utah 84114-4830
ddwreports@utah.gov
brandismith@utah.gov
Dear Ms. Smith:
Consumer Confidence Report for Kanarraville Town # 11006.
Enclosed is a copy of Kanarraville Town’s Consumer Confidence Report. It contains the water quality information for our water system for the calendar year 2020 or the most recent sample
data.
We have delivered this report to our customers by:
Posting a notice of the availability of the report on our water bill and sending a copy to those that request a copy and allowing inspection of the report at the water system office.
If you have any questions, please contact me at (435) 867-1852.
Sincerely,
David Ence
Town Clerk - Kanarraville Town
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