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Water Quality ReportVineyard City-2020We'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 from Orem City, and
Central Utah Water Conservancy District Water Development Project (CWP).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 contactSullivan Love at 801-376-0419.We want our valued customers to be informed about their water utility. If you want to learn more
about decisions regarding our drinking water and Vineyard City,please attend any of our regularly scheduled City Councilmeetings. They are held on the second and fourth Wednesday of
each month at 6:00 pm at 125 South Main St. Vineyard, Utah.Vineyard 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 contaminants. The presence of contaminants does not necessarily indicate that 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. 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.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.
Orem City/DACR Plant
CWP
Microbiological
Test Date
Units
MCL
MCLG
Highest No. of Positive Samples
2020 Range
Violation
2020 Average
2020 Range
Violation
Typical Source of Contaminant or Other Comments
Total Coliform
2020
% positive per month
5%
0
0
0
NO
0
0
NO
Coliforms are naturally present in the environment
Fecal Coliform and E.coli
2020
% positive per month
tt
tt
0
0
NO
0
0
NO
Fecal coliforms and E. coli only come from human and animal fecal waste.
Inorganic Contaminants
2017-20

Units
MCL
MCLG
Lowest Level Detected
Highest Level Detected
Range
Violation
2020
Average
2020
Range
Violation
Typical Source of Contaminant
Arsenic
2017,
2018,
2019,
2020
µg/l
10
0
0
2.09
ND-2.09
NO
1.8
1.0-3.4
NO
Erosion of natural deposits; runoff from orchards, runoff from glass and electronics production wastes.
Barium
2017,
2018,
2019,
2020
µg/l
2000
2000
.03
103
ND-103
NO
81
58-126
NO
Discharge of drilling wastes; discharge from metal refineries; erosion of natural deposits
Chromium (total)
2017,
2018,
2020
µg/l
100
100
0
8.18
ND-8.18
NO
Discharge from steel and pulp mills; erosion of natural deposits
Cyanide
2017,
2018,

2019,
2020
mg/l
0.2
0.2
0
0.0231
ND-0.0231
NO
0.0005
ND-0.002
NO
Discharge from plastic and fertilizer factories; Discharge from steel/metal factories
Fluoride
2017,
2018,
2019,
2020
mg/l
4
4
0
.402
ND-0.402
NO
0.3
0.3-0.3
NO
Erosion of natural deposits; discharge from fertilizer and aluminum factories
Nickel
2017,
2018,
2020
µg/l
100
100
0
5.39
ND-5.38
NO
Runoff from fertilizer use; leaching from septic tanks, sewage; erosion of natural deposits
Nitrate
2020
mg/l
10
10
.1
2.19
.1-2.19
NO
0.2
ND-.2
NO
Runoff from fertilizer use; leaking from septic tanks, sewage; erosion of natural deposits
Selenium
2017,
2018,
2019,
2020
µg/l

50
50
0
3.95
0-3.95
NO
.7
1.2
NO
Erosion of natural deposits; mining or metal refinery discharge
Radioactive Contaminants
Latest Test Date
Units
MCL
MCLG
Lowest Level Detected
Highest Level Detected
Range
Violation
2020
Average
2020
Range
Typical Source of Contaminant
Alpha Emitters
2016,
2018
pCi/L
15
0
3.2
0 – 3.2
NO
Erosion of natural deposits
Gross Alpha, Including Radon and Uranium
2014,
2019,
2020
pCi/L
15
0
0
3.2
0-3.2
NO
2.2
0.6-4.3
NO
Erosion of natural deposits of certain minerals that are radioactive and may emit a form of radiation known as alpha radiation.
Gross Beta
2010,
2019
pCi/L
50(4 mrem/yr)
0
0
.9
ND – .9
NO
1.4

0.4-2.7
NO
Erosion of natural deposits.
Combined Radium 226/228
2017
pCi/L
5
0
0
3.2
.34 -3.2
NO
.4
.04-.73
NO
Erosion of natural deposits.
Radium 226
2017
pCi/L
5
0
0
.34
.16 -.34
NO
Erosion of natural deposits.
Radium 228
2018,
2019,
2020
pCi/L
5
0
0
1.3
ND – 1.3
NO
.4
0.4-0.73
NO
Erosion of natural deposits.
Disinfectants And Disinfection By-Products
Test
Date
Unit
MCL
MCLG
Lowest
Level
Detected
Highest Level
Detected
Range
Violation
Lowest Level Detected
Highest Level Detected
Violation
Typical Source of Contaminant
Chlorine
2020

mg/l
4
4
.05
2.2
0.05-2.2
NO
.7
.16-2.0
NO
Drinking water disinfectant
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM)
2020
µg/l
80
0
0
49.2
0 – 49.2
NO
10.9
ND-23.0
NO
By-Product of drinking water chlorination
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5s)
2020
µg/l
60
0
31.7
1-38.3
NO
10.9
ND-23.5
NO
By-product of drinking water chlorination
Bromate
2017,
2018,
2019,
2020
µg/l
10
0
ND
ND
ND
NO
By-Product of drinking water disinfection
Pesticides/PCB’s/SOC’s
Test Date
Units
MCL
MCLG
Highest Level Detected
Range
Violation
2020 Average
2020 Range
Violation

Typical Source of Contaminant or Other Comments
Pentachlorophenol
2018
µg/l
1
0
.20
ND-0.20
NO
Discharge from wood-preserving factories used mainly to treat utility poles and cross arms
All other Parameters
2016,
2018, 2019
µg/l
Varies
Varies
ND
ND
NO
ND
ND
NO
Various sources.
VOC’s
Test Date
Units
MCL
MCLG
Lowest Level Detected
Highest Level Detected
Range
Violation
2020
Average
2020
Range
Typical Source of Contaminant or Other Comments
Chloroform
(Trihalomethanes)
2018, 2019,
2020
µg/l
NE
70
3.1
39.8
0-40.5
NO
7.3
.1-16.9
NO
Byproduct of drinking water disinfection
Bromodichloromethane
(Trihalomethanes)
2018,
2019,
2020
µg/l
NE
0

1.8
9.2
ND-9.2
NO
2.9
.6-5.3
NO
Byproduct of drinking water disinfection
Dibromochloromethane
(Trihalomethanes)
2018, 2019,
2020
µg/l
NE
60
.6
3.1
ND-2.6
NO
1.4
0.7-2.3
NO
Byproduct of drinking water disinfection
All other Parameters
2017, 2019
µg/l
Varies
Varies
ND
ND
NO
ND
ND
NO
Various sources
Organic Material
Latest Test Date
Units
MCL
MCLG
Highest Level Detected
Range
Violation
Typical Source of Contaminant or Other Comments
Total Organic Carbon
2018, 2019
mg/l
TT
NE
2.63
1.54-2.63
NO
Naturally occurring
UV-254
2020
1/cm
UR
NE
.04
.01-.04

NO
Naturally occurring. Measure of UV-absorbing organic com-pounds.
Lead and Copper
Units
AL
MCLG
Highest Level Detected
90th Percentile
# of sites over AL
Violation
Typical Source of Contaminant
Copper
a.90% results
b.# of sites that exceeded the AL
2018
mg/l
1.3
1.3
0.982
0.212
0
NO
Erosion of natural deposits; corrosion of household plumbing
Lead
a.90% results
b.# of sites that exceeded the AL
2018
mg/l
.015
0
0.0093
0.0022
0
NO
Erosion of natural deposits; corrosion of household plumbing
Secondary Inorganics Asthetic standards
Units
MCL
MCLG
Lowest Level Detected
Highest Level Detected
Average
Range
Violation
2020
Average
2020
Range
Iron
2018
µg/l
NE
ND
21.6
ND-21.6
NO
40
40
Alkalinity
2018,

2019,
2020
mg/l
NE
110
142
138
110-142
NO
114
102-125
Manganese
2016
mg/l
SS=0.05
NE
NO
.013
.013
pH
2020
6.5-8.5
NE
7.21
8.28
7.21-8.28
NO
NO
7.91
7.39-8.41
Erosion of Natural Deposits
Sulfate
2020
mg/l
250
250
3
72.6
36.8
9.89-72.6
NO
NO
13.5
3-20
Naturally occurring
Total Dissolved Solids
2020
mg/l
500
500
110
412
110-412
NO
NO
185
160-266
Erosion of natural deposits 2013 Data
Unregulated Parameters (Monitoring not required)
Units

MCL
MCLG
Lowest Level Detected
Highest Level Detected
2020
Average
2020 Range
Violation
Violation
2020 Average
2020 Range
Naturally occurring
Turbidity
2018,
2019,
2020
NTU
95%<0.3
NA
.025
.0185
.014-.025
NO
NO
0.058
.016-2.988
Erosion of natural deposits; runoff from landfills; runoff from cropland
Sodium
2020
mg/l
NONE
500
0
73.2
0-73.2
NO
Erosion of natural deposits
Calcium
2020
mg/l
UR
NE
120
428
264
120-428
NO
NO
82
68-138
Erosion of natural deposits.
Hardness
2020
grains/gal
UR
NE
6.4
25
15.7
6.4-25

NO
NO
4.8
4.0-8.1
Erosion of natural deposits and soil runoff
Conductivity
2019
µmhos/cm
UR
NE
203
708
456
203-708
NO
NO
274
123-423
Discharge from petroleum & metal refineries; Erosion of natural deposits; Discharges from mines
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR DRINKING WATERIf 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. Vineyard 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 EPA Basic Information About Lead in Drinking Water .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 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. 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 [phone]).
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.
For more information about our water sources, please visit the following websites to view their individual Consumer Confidence Reports.
https://orem.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/CCR-2021-English.pdf
https://www.cuwcd.com/assets/documents/resources/DACRWTPCCR2020.pdf