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Home My WebLink AboutDDW-2024-014089We're pleased to present to you the Annual Drinking Water Quality Report for the period of January 1 to December 31, 2020. 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 distribution process and protect 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 Two Mile Spring, Well #1, Dan’s Well, P3 Well, Well 4B, Well 4R, South Ridge Well #1, Ankareh Well, Parley Well and Partner Well. The Drinking Water Source Protection Plan for Gorgoza Mutual Water Company 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. 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 within our water system. However, unapproved connections and improper plumbing changes can adversely affect the quality of your water. A cross connection can allow polluted water, fertilizer, or other chemicals to contaminate the water supply system when not properly protected. Not only can this affect your health, but it can also damage plumbing and appliances within your property. So, what can you do? Install backﬂow preventers at all cross connections within the property. What does a cross connection look like? The most common cross connection is a landscape irrigation system. Mud, fertilizer, and waterborne pathogens can be siphoned backwards into the drinking water if 2020 the irrigation system has no backﬂow preventer. An unprotected garden hose connected to a fertilizer sprayer, or submerged in a pool or puddle, are also considered cross connections. When a cross connection is unprotected at your home, it will affect your family or employees ﬁrst. If you would like to learn more about preventing backﬂow at your property, call us for more information. 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 Shelly Roybal at 435-649-7948. 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. For more information, please contact our office. Gorgoza Mutual Water Company routinely monitors for constituents in our drinking water in accordance with 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: 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. Parts per quadrillion (ppq) or Picograms per liter (picograms/l) - one part per quadrillion corresponds to one minute in 2,000,000,000 years or one penny in $10,000,000,000,000. Picocuries per liter (pCi/L) - picocuries per liter is a measure of the radioactivity in water. Millirems per year (mrem/yr) - measure of radiation absorbed by the body. Million Fibers per Liter (MFL) - million ﬁbers per liter is a measure of the presence of asbestos ﬁbers that are longer than 10 micrometers. 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. 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. Maximum Residual Disinfectant Level (MRDL) - The highest level of a disinfectant allowed in drinking water. There is convincing evidence that addition of a disinfectant is necessary for control of microbial contaminants. Maximum Residual Disinfectant Level Goal (MRDLG) - The level of a drinking water disinfectant below which there is no known or expected risk to health. MRDLGs do not reﬂect the beneﬁts of the use of disinfectants to control microbial contaminants. 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 Violation Y/N Level Detected ND/Low-high Unit Measurement MCLG MCL Date Sampled 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 N/A N/A N/A 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 0.05-3.7 NTU 0 5 2019 Soil runoff Inorganic Contaminants Arsenic N 0-1.5 ppb 0 10 2019 Erosion of natural deposits; runoff from orchards; runoff from glass and electronics production wastes. Barium N 0.023-0.355 ppm 2 2 2019 Discharge of drilling wastes; discharge from metal reﬁneries; erosion of natural deposits Copper a. 90% results b. # of sites that exceeded the AL N a. 0.023 b. 0 ppm 1.3 AL=1.3 2019 Corrosion of household plumbing systems; erosion of natural deposits Fluoride N 0-0.214 ppm 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 exceeded the AL N a. 3 b. 0 ppb 0 AL=15 2019 Corrosion of household plumbing systems; erosion of natural deposits. Nitrate (as Nitrogen)N 0-1.206 ppm 10 10 2020 Runoff from fertilizer use; leaching from septic tanks, sewage; erosion of natural deposits Selenium N 0-2.2 ppb 50 50 2019 Discharge from petroleum and metal reﬁneries; erosion of natural deposits; discharge from mines Sodium N 6.447-77.316 ppm 500 None 2019 Erosion of natural deposits; discharge from reﬁneries and factories; runoff from landﬁlls. Sulfate N 8.868-345.758 ppm 1000 1000 2019 Erosion of natural deposits; discharge from reﬁneries and factories; runoff from landﬁlls, runoff from cropland TDS (Total Dissolved Solids)N 160-976 ppm 2000 2000 2019, 2020 Erosion of natural deposits Radioactive Contaminants Alpha emitters N 0-8.2 pCi/L 0 15 2018, 2019 Erosion of natural deposits Combined N 1.17 pCi/L 0 5 2019 Erosion of natural deposits Radium 226 N 0.19 pCi/L 0 5 2019 Erosion of natural deposits Radium 228 N 0-1.7 pCi/L 0 5 2018, 2019 Erosion of natural deposits !1 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. Gorgoza Mutual Water Company 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 two 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.