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HomeMy WebLinkAboutDDW-2025-004260WEST HAVEN SPECIAL SERVICE DISTRICT DRINKING WATER CONSUMER CONFIDENCE REPORT 2024 We’re pleased to present you this year’s Annual Water Quality Report. This report is designed to inform you about our excellent water quality and services we have delivered to you over the past year. We are committed to providing you with reliable and accurate information so that you can be an informed customer. If you have any questions about this report or your water utility, please contact the West Haven Special Service District (WHSSD) at (801)731-4519. If you want to learn more, please attend any of our regularly scheduled meetings. They are held on the 3rd Monday, 6:30 PM West Haven City Hall, 4150 S 3900 W. We’re pleased to report that our drinking water meets federal and state requirements. This report discloses our water quality and what it means to you, our customer. WHSSD 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, 2024. 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.  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. Picocuries per liter (pCi/L) - a measure of the radioactivity in water. 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 required process intended to reduce the level of a contaminant in drinking water. Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) - the “maximum allowed” 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” 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. West Haven Special Service District’s Sampling and Monitoring Report for 2024 Source Water Information Source Water Type Of Water Source ID UTAH29016 Roy City GW WS001 TCR Tables Coliform Bacteria Year Sampled + Sample Count MCLG MCL Violation Likely Source of Contamination Coliform Bacteria 2024 0 0 5 No Naturally present in the environment. Microbiological Contaminants Year Sampled + Sample Count MCLG MCL Likely Source of Contamination E. coli 2024 0 No goals none No Human and animal fecal waste. Lead and Coper Year Sampled MCLG Action Level (AL) 90%tiles # Sites Over All Units Violations Likely Source of Contamination Copper 2024 1.3 1.3 0.12 0 ppm Yes Erosion of natural deposits. Lead 2024 0 15 0.862 0 ppb Yes Corrosion of household plumbing systems. Regulated Contaminates Disinfectants and Disinfection By- Products Year Sampled Lowest Level Highest Level MCLG MCL Units Violation Likely Source of Contamination Haloacetic Acids 2024 8.405 21.759 0 60 ppb No By-product of drinking water disinfection Total Trihalomethanes 2024 23.65 54.97 0 80 ppb No By-product of drinking water disinfection Lead and Copper Year Sampled Lowest Level Highest Level MCLG MCL Units Violation Likely Source of Contamination Copper 2024 0.035 0.165 1.3 1.3 ppm No Erosion of natural deposits. Lead 2024 0 2.598 0 15 ppb No Corrosion of household plumbing systems. Violations Table Consumer Confidence Rule Violation Type Violation Begin Violation End Facility Rule 309-210-6 06/01/2023 08/07/2024 All sources of drinking water are subject to potential contamination by constituents that are naturally occurring or are 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. Immuno-compromised person, 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 at 1-800-426-4791. West Haven Special Service District has completed an initial lead service line inventory. This inventory includes information on the service line material that connects water mains to buildings/houses. These inventory reports are publicly available and can be accessed at https://waterlink.utah.gov/reports.html?systemId=1848 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. WHSSD 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. West Haven Special Service District 4150 South 3900 West West Haven City, UT 84401 IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR DRINKING WATER Monitoring Requirements Not Met for West Haven Special Service District Our water system violated one drinking water standards over the past year. Even though this was not an emergency, as our customers, you have a right to know what happened and what we did to correct this situafion. We are required to monitor your drinking water for specific contaminants on a regular basis. Results of regular monitoring are an indicator of whether or not our drinking water meets health standards. During compliance period June 1st to September 30th 2023, we did not complete all monitoring or tesfing for Lead and Copper and therefore cannot be sure of the quality of our drinking water during that fime. What should I do? There is nothing you need to do at this fime. The table below lists the contaminants we did not properly test for during the last year, how often we are supposed to sample for these contaminants and how many samples we are supposed to take, how many samples we took, when samples should have been taken, and the date on which follow-up samples were taken. Contaminant Number Required How Often Missed Sample Lead and Copper 10 samples Every 3 yr. 06/01/2023 to 09/30/2023 What happened? What is being done? Changes in the new Lead and Copper Rule lead us to believe we did not need to sample for this that year; however, we were wrong in this assumpfion, and have taken the correcfive steps to rafify this error. Samples were taken 08/07/2024 All results came back as: Passed If you’d like more informafion, please contact John Wallace at jwallace@westhavencity.com. This nofice is being sent to you by West Haven Special Service District Water System ID#: Utah 29120 Dated 03/12/2025