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 2008. 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 2008 we did try to find funding for the Lawshe/Louisville Road project again this year. We did 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. We did upgrade our billing system software. We also completed restoration on projects from last year. We did install a project on Rosie Lane. We installed some extra water line on SR 73 as a part of the Coffee Hollow Project and finalized that project. We did paint the Winchester Tank on Eckmansville Road and the red water tank at the water treatment plant. We purchased approximately 130 acres around the well field and plant to assure source water protection. We painted most of the fencing at the Business Office Complex.

In 2009, we plan on upgrading lines on Unity Road and a possible line extension across Ebrite Road to increase volume in the Eckmansville Road area. We plan on upgrading some of our pressure reducing pits. We intend on putting a lot of effort into getting the funds for the Lawshe/Louisville Road areas. We may also demolish two tanks that we no longer utilize. We will be looking at some customer funded line extensions if they are applied for.

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 736,812,000 gallons of water in 2008. This is an average of 74 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.

  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 2006-2007; synthetic organic chemicals in 2008; MCL in-organics, radiological, volatile organic, and lead and copper in 2008. Samples were collected for a total of 183 different regulated contaminants in 2003 -2008. We also tested for 20 different unregulated contaminants during the same years. 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.

Did you know?……..

1. According to District by-laws you are responsible to have your own shut off valve as well as a check valve and a pressure reducing valve.

2. The metering equipment in your front yard is the property of the District.

3. If you leave your meter lid off the meter setting in your front yard during freezing temperatures that the equipment inside will freeze and you could be subject to charges for equipment that has been destroyed. Always make sure the lids are on securely.