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Adams County Regional Water

Drinking Water Consumer Confidence Report

Report Prepared for 2006

Adams County Regional Water has prepared the following report to provide information to you, the consumer, on the quality of our drinking water. This report was required as a part of the Safe Drinking Water Act Reauthorization of 1996 and is required to be delivered to consumers by July 2007. Included in this report are general health information, water quality test results, how to participate in decisions concerning your drinking water, and water system contacts.

Improvements………….

In 2006, we did paint the Coon Hill Tank. Coffee Hollow Water Line Extension was submitted again for possible ARC grant funding. Several distribution lines in different areas of the county were to be upgraded but we are still waiting on easements to do this. We did consider the Lawshe/Bratton Township Project as a possible upgrade to the Marble Furnace area. We did build a customer/District funded line extensions for the Conaway Road/Tater Knob areas.

  In 2007 we intend to paint the Clayton Tank. We plan to install Coffee Hollow Water Line Extension as it was approved for a 50/50 grant from ARC. We plan to upgrade a water line to the Old State Road area from Clayton Pike as soon as we receive all the easements from this area. We also intend to upgrade a line on Moores Road from SR 247 to the Seaman Corporation limits to better serve the new hospital as well as the new North Adams Elementary School. This line will also provide a better volume of water to the new Dialysis Center. We will seek funding for the Lawshe/Bratton Township project again this year. We intend to install a new phone system in the Business Office. We are considering improving our billing system which would allow on-line payments as well as credit/debit card payments in the future.



Where Does My Water Come From?

ACRWD receives its water from eight wells that are drilled into the Ohio River Aquifer. These wells are approximately 75 feet deep. Ohio EPA considers this source to be ground water. The well field is situated on the south side of US 52 and just west of the Wrightsville area. From these wells ACRWD pumped 674,800,000 gallons of water in 2006. This is an average of 61.5 gallons per day per person served.

WHAT ARE THE SOURCES OF CONTAMINATION TO YOUR DRINKING WATER?

The sources of drinking water, both tap and bottled water, include rivers, lakes, streams, ponds, reservoirs, springs, and wells. As water travels over the surface of the land or through the ground, it dissolves naturally-occurring minerals and, in some cases, radioactive material, and can pick up substances resulting from the presence of animals or human activity.

Contaminants that may be present in source water include: (A) Microbial contaminants, such as viruses and bacteria, which may come from sewage water treatment plants, septic systems, agricultural livestock operations, and wildlife; (B) Inorganic contaminants, such as salts and metals, which can be naturally-occurring or result from urban storm water runoff, industrial or domestic wastewater discharges, oil and gas production, mining, or farming; (C) Pesticides and herbicides, which may come from a variety of sources such as agriculture, urban storm water runoff, and residential uses; (D) Organic chemical contaminants, including synthetic and volatile organic chemicals, which are by-products of industrial processes and petroleum production, and can also come from gas stations, urban storm water runoff, and septic systems; (E) Radioactive contaminants, which can be naturally-occurring or be the result of oil and gas production and mining activities.

In order to ensure that tap water is safe to drink, EPA prescribes regulations which limit the amount of certain contaminants in water provided by public water systems. FDA regulations establish limits for contaminants in bottled water, which must provide the same protection for public health. 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 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.

About Your Drinking Water:

The EPA requires regular sampling to ensure drinking water safety. The Adams County Regional Water District conducted sampling for bacteria, nitrate, nitrite, and THM contaminants during 2005-2006; synthetic organic chemicals in 2005; MCL in-organics, radiological, volatile organic, and lead and copper in 2005. Samples were collected for a total of 87 different contaminants in 2001 -2006. Most of these contaminants were not detected in the Adams County Regional Water District’s water supply. The Ohio EPA requires us to monitor for some contaminants less than once per year because the concentrations of these contaminants do not change frequently. Some of our data, though accurate, is more than one year old.