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Annual Drinking Water Quality Report
Woodruff Town Water System -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 source.
The Drinking Water Source Protection Plan for Woodruff 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.
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 Chris
Schulthess 435-881-9759. 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 the second Tuesday of each month at 7:00 pm.
Woodruff 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, 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.
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:
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.
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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.
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 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
Turbidity
for Ground Water
N .28 NTU N/A 5 2019 Soil runoff
Radioactive Contaminants
Alpha emitters N .8 pCi/1 0 15 2019 Erosion of natural deposits
Radium 228 N .27 pCi/1 0 5 2019 Erosion of natural deposits
Beta/photo emitters N 4.8 pCi/l 0 4 2019 Decay of natural and man
made deposits
Inorganic Contaminants
Antimony N 0 ppb 6 6 2019 Discharge from petroleum
refineries; fire retardants;
ceramics; electronics; solder
Barium N .042 ppm 2 2 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. .0744

b.0
ppm 1.3 AL=1.3 2019 Corrosion of household
plumbing systems; erosion of
natural deposits
Cyanide N 0 ppb 200 200 2019 Discharge from steel/metal
factories; discharge from
plastic and fertilizer factories
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Fluoride N .2 mg/L 4 4 2019 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. .0016

b. 0
ppb 0 AL=15 2019 Corrosion of household
plumbing systems, erosion of
natural deposits
Nitrate (as Nitrogen) N .5 mg/L 10 10 2020 Runoff from fertilizer use;
leaching from septic tanks,
sewage; erosion of natural
deposits
Selenium N .0048 mg/L 50 50 2019 Discharge from petroleum
and metal refineries; erosion
of natural deposits; discharge
from mines
TDS (Total Dissolved
solids)
N 334 mg/L 2000** 2000** 2019 Erosion of natural deposits
Ground Water Rule Failed to properly respond to a significant deficiency in our water system.

Total Coliform. Coliforms are bacteria that are naturally present in the environment and are
used as an indicator that other, potentially-harmful, bacteria may be present. Coliforms were
found in more samples than allowed and this was a warning of potential problems.
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. Woodruff 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.

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.
Total Coliform: The Total Coliform Rule requires water systems to meet a stricter limit for
coliform bacteria. Coliform bacteria are usually harmless, but their presence in water can be an
indication of disease-causing bacteria. When coliform bacteria are found, special follow-up tests
are done to determine if harmful bacteria are present in the water supply. If this limit is
exceeded, the water supplier must notify the public by newspaper, television or radio. To comply
with the stricter regulation, we have increased the average amount of chlorine in the distribution
system.
Lead: Lead in drinking water is rarely the sole cause of lead poisoning, but it can add to a
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person's total lead exposure. All potential sources of lead in the household should be identified
and removed, replaced or reduced.
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
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).
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April 15, 2021

Utah Division of Drinking Water
Attn: Marie Owens
P.O. Box 144830
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-4830

Dear Ms. Owens:

Subject: Consumer Confidence Report for Woodruff Town 17008.

Enclosed is a copy of Woodruff Town 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 435-793-4234

Sincerely,

Scott Sabey
Woodruff Town