Centerton Waterworks

We're thrilled to offer you this year's Annual Drinking Water Quality Report. This record is designed to inform you about the pleasant water and services we supply to you every day. Our goal is to provide you with a safe and reliable delivery of drinking water, and we want you to understand, and be concerned in, the efforts we make to always improve the water remedy process and protect our water sources. Where Does Our Drinking Water Come From? The sources of drinking water (each tap water and bottled water) encompass rivers, lakes, streams, ponds, reservoirs, springs, and wells. We buy treated surface water from Benton – Washington Regional Public Water Authority (PWA) whose source is Beaver Lake. How Safe Is The Source Of Our Drinking Water? The Arkansas Department of Health has finished a Source Water Vulnerability Assessment for Benton Washington Regional Public Water Authority. The assessment summarizes the ability for contamination of our source of drinking water and may be used as a basis for growing a source water protection plan. Based on the diverse standards of the evaluation, our water source has been decided to have a low susceptibility to contamination. You may request a precis of the Source Water Vulnerability Assessment from our workplace. What Contaminants Can Be In Our Drinking Water? As water travels over the surface of the land or through the ground, it dissolves occurring minerals and, in some cases, can pick out up materials as a consequence of the presence of animals or from a human hobby. Contaminants that may be found in source water include: Microbial contaminants which includes viruses and bacteria, which may additionally come from sewage remedy flowers, septic structures, agricultural cattle operations, and wildlife; Inorganic contaminants together with salts and metals, which may be naturally occurring or result from urban stormwater runoff, commercial or domestic wastewater discharges, oil and gasoline production, mining, or farming; Pesticides and herbicides which may additionally come from a spread of resources inclusive of agriculture, urban stormwater runoff, and home uses; Organic chemical contaminants which includes synthetic and risky organic chemical compounds, which can be by means of-merchandise of business tactics and petroleum manufacturing, and also can come from gasoline stations, city stormwater runoff, and septic structures; Radioactive contaminants which may be clearly taking place or be the result of oil and gas production and mining activities. To guarantee faucet water is safe to drink, EPA has policies that restrict the number of sure contaminants in water furnished by using public water systems. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rules establish limits for contaminants in bottled water which must offer the same protection for public fitness. Am I at Risk? All ingesting water, including bottled water, may additionally moderately be predicted to comprise at least small quantities of a few contaminants. The presence of contaminants does not always imply that the water poses a health hazard. However, a few people can be more vulnerable to contaminants in consuming water than the overall population. Immuno-compromised folks inclusive of folks with most cancers present process chemotherapy, men and women who've passed through organ transplants, human beings with HIV/AIDS or different immune machine problems, some aged, and infants may be specifically at chance from small quantities of infection. These human beings must seek recommendation for approximately ingesting water from their health care companies. More records approximately contaminants and potential health outcomes may be acquired by using calling the Environmental Protection Agency’s Safe Drinking Water Hotline at 1-800-426-4791. Besides, EPA/CDC pointers in an appropriate manner to reduce the danger of contamination using microbiological contaminants are also to be had from the Safe Drinking Water Hotline. Lead and Drinking Water If present, increased tiers of lead can cause serious fitness issues, specifically for pregnant women and younger youngsters. Lead in consuming water is ordinarily from materials and components associated with carrier traces and domestic plumbing. We are answerable for offering excessive first-class ingesting water, however, can't control the kind of substances used in plumbing components. When your water has been sitting for several hours, you may reduce the potential for lead exposure by flushing your faucet for 30 seconds to 2 mins earlier than the use of water for consuming or cooking. If you are involved approximately lead to your water, you can want to have your water examined. Information on lead in drinking water, checking out methods, and steps you may take to minimize publicity is available from the Safe Drinking Water Hotline or at http://www.Epa.Gov/safewater/lead. CCR 17 Centerton Water & Sewer Department (044) Page 2 of three How Can I Learn More About Our Drinking Water? If you have any questions on this file or regarding your water utility, please touch Frank Holzkamper, Utilities Director, at 479-795-0222. We need our valued clients to be informed about their water software. If you need to analyze extra, please attend any of our often scheduled meetings. They are hung on the 1/3 Tuesday of each month at 8:30 AM on the Centerton water office at 500 Keller Rd, Centerton..

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