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Annual Drinking Water Quality ReportSalina 2024
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
groundwater source comes from Tunnel Spring. The Drinking Water Source Protection Plan for Salina 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 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. 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 Brad
Allen at 435-529-7304. 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 and fourth Wednesday of each month at 7:00 pm at the City Office Building located at 90 West Main Street. Salina City 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 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.Millirems per year (mrem/yr) - measure of radiation absorbed by the body.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 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
0
N/A
0
5
2024
Naturally present in the environment
Fecal coliform andE.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

2022
Human and animal fecal waste
Turbidity
for Ground Water
N
0.2-0.31
NTU0
0.3
2024
Soil runoff
Inorganic Contaminants
Arsenic
N
2.6-5
ppb
0
10
2024
Erosion of natural deposits; Runoff from orchards; Runoff from glass and electronics production wastes.
Barium
N
0-0.051
ppm
2
2
2024
Discharge of drilling wastes; discharge from metal refineries; erosion of natural deposits
Cyanide
N
28
ppb
200
200
2017
Discharge from steel/metal factories; discharge from plastic and fertilizer factories
Fluoride
N
0.214-0.255
ppm
4
4
2024
Erosion of natural deposits; water additive which promotes strong teeth; discharge from fertilizer and aluminum factories
Nitrate (as Nitrogen)
N
0.419
- 0.517
ppm
10
10
2024
Runoff from fertilizer use; leaching from septic tanks, sewage; erosion of natural deposits
Selenium
N
0-0.7
ppb
50
50
2022
Discharge from petroleum and metal refineries; erosion of natural deposits; discharge from mines

Sodium
N
7.485-34.652
ppm
500
None
2024
Erosion of natural deposits; discharge from refineries and factories; runoff from landfills.
Sulfate
N
3.174-40.457
ppm
1000
1000
2024
Erosion of natural deposits; discharge from refineries and factories; runoff from landfills, runoff from cropland
Copper
90% results
# of sites that exceed the AL
N
a. 1.3
b. 0
ppm
1.3
AL=1.3
2023
Corrosion of household plumbing systems; erosion of natural deposits
Lead
90% results
# of sites that exceed the AL
N
a. 0
b. 6.4
ppb
0
AL=15
2023
Corrosion of household plumbing systems, erosion of natural deposits
TDS (Total Dissolved solids)
N
132-344
ppm
2000
2000
2022-2023
Erosion of natural deposits
Disinfection By-products
Chlorine
N
0.4 - 1.2
ppm
4
4
2018
Water additive used to control microbes
Radioactive Contaminants
Alpha emitters
N
1.5
pci/l

0
15
2022
Erosion of natural deposits
Combined
N
0.11
pci/1
0
5
2018-22
Erosion of natural deposits
Radium 226
N
0.09
pci/1
0
5
2018-22
Erosion of natural deposits
Radium 228
N
0.27
pci/l
0
5
2022
Erosion of natural deposits 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. Salina City Water System 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 [phone]). We at Salina City 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. Salina City Water
PO Box 69
Salina, Utah 84654
April 23, 2025
Brandi Smith
CCR Compliance
Division of Drinking WaterP.O. Box 144830
Salt Lake City, Utah 84114-4830
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
Dear Mr. Smith:
Subject: Consumer Confidence Report for Salina City Water System # 21014.
Enclosed is a copy of Salina City Water SystemConsumer Confidence Report. It contains the water quality information for our water system for the calendar year 2024 or the most recent
sample data.
We have delivered this report to our customers by publishing the availability of the report in the local newspaper and on our water bill, then sending a copy to those who request it
and allowing inspection of the report at the water system office.
If you have any questions, please contact me at 435-529-7304.

Sincerely,
Brett Gates
Salina City Water System
[e-mail]