City of Belmont

When You Turn on Your Tap, Consider the Source The water this is utilized by this machine is from the Catawba River/Lake Wylie (in the Catawba River Basin) and is located on the Gaston/Mecklenburg border. Help Protect Your Source Water Protection of drinking water is absolutely everyone’s duty. The City of Belmont has an active stormwater program to shield the Catawba River/ Lake Wylie. Some of our programs encompass: Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPPs) for City Facilities, Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination Ordinance, Stormwater Public Education and Outreach, Street Sweeping For new improvement and re-development: Erosion & Sedimentation Control Ordinance via Inter-nearby Agreement with Gaston County Natural Resources, Phase II Stormwater Ordinance thru Inter-local Agreement with Gaston County Natural Resources, Watershed Water Supply WS-IV Ordinance You can help shield your community’s drinking water supply(s) in several methods: get rid of chemicals nicely, take used motor oil to a recycling middle, and volunteer in your network to take part in group efforts to protect your source. What EPA Wants You to Know Drinking water, inclusive of bottled water, might also fairly be expected to include as a minimum small amount of a few contaminants. The presence of contaminants does now not always imply that water poses a health hazard. More facts about contaminants and capability health consequences may be obtained by way of calling the Environmental Protection Agency’s Safe Drinking Water Hotline (800-426-4791). Some humans can be extra liable to contaminants in consuming water than the general population. Immuno-compromised individuals inclusive of folks with cancer present process chemotherapy, humans who've gone through organ transplants, humans with HIV/AIDS or different immune system disorders, some elderly, and toddlers may be in particular at chance from infections. These human beings must are search for advice approximately consuming water from their fitness care vendors. EPA/CDC suggestions on appropriate manner to lessen the risk of infection through Cryptosporidium and other microbial contaminants are to be had from the Safe Drinking Water Hotline (800-426-4791). If present, elevated levels of lead can reason extreme health problems, specifically for pregnant girls and younger kids. Lead in ingesting water is on the whole from substances and components associated with provider traces and domestic plumbing. The City of Belmont is answerable for offering high best drinking water, but cannot control the type of substances utilized in plumbing components. When your water has been sitting for several hours, you can limit the capability for lead exposure by flushing your tap for 30 seconds to two minutes before using water for ingesting or cooking. If you are concerned approximately lead on your water, you could desire to have your water tested. Information on lead in ingesting water, testing methods, and steps you may take to decrease publicity is to be had from the Safe Drinking Water Hotline or at http://www.Epa.Gov/safewater/lead. The sources of drinking water (both tap water and bottled water) encompass rivers, lakes, streams, ponds, reservoirs, springs, and wells. As water travels over the surface of the land or through the floor, it dissolves evidently-taking place minerals and, in a few instances, radioactive fabric, and can choose up materials due to the presence of animals or from a human hobby. Contaminants that can be found in source water encompass microbial contaminants, consisting of viruses and microorganism, which may additionally come from sewage remedy flowers, septic systems, agricultural cattle operations, and natural world; inorganic contaminants, which include salts and metals, which can be obviously-going on or end result from city stormwater runoff, industrial or home wastewater discharges, oil and fuel manufacturing, mining, or farming; insecticides and herbicides, which may also come from an expansion of resources such as agriculture, city stormwater runoff, and home uses; natural chemical contaminants, inclusive of artificial and volatile natural chemical compounds, which can be by way of-products of commercial approaches and petroleum production, and also can come from gas stations, city stormwater runoff, and septic systems; and radioactive contaminants, which can be evidently-taking place or be the end result of oil and gasoline manufacturing and mining activities. To make sure that faucet water is secure to drink, EPA prescribes rules which limit the number of positive contaminants in water supplied with the aid of public water structures. FDA rules set up limits for contaminants in bottled water, which need to provide equal safety for public fitness..

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS WATER DIVISION FAQ Q: Why is it required that I have a backflow meeting or tool mounted on my sprinkler machine?A: The State of Utah Division of Drinking Water, beneath the course of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has instituted a State law regarding Cross Connection Control. The State of Utah calls for each City or municipality to adhere to State guidelines and enforce a Cross Connection Control Program. The City of South Salt Lake is held accountable to make sure those regulations are met.Click HERE to view the State of Utah Administrative Code: Cross Connection Control Regulation.Click HERE to view the South Salt Lake City Municipal Code: Cross Connection Control Ordinance (Title 13; Division II; Chapter 13.68).Q: What are the possibilities of contamination to City water from a sprinkler gadget? A: The threat of infection to a water system from a sprinkler machine is low, but, it has passed off. Please keep in mind that the primary line so that it will be affected by infection out of your sprinkler machine might be the carrier line to your private home. This State regulation is in the area to preserve you and your own family safe.Q: Why is it required to check my backflow meeting and/or tool yearly? A: According to the State of Utah Administrative Code concerning Cross Connection Control:“Backflow prevention assemblies will be inspected and examined at the least as soon as a year, by a character licensed for such paintings as specified in R309-305. Suppliers shall maintain, as proper documentation, facts of these inspections. This checking out responsibility may be borne via the water gadget or the water device control may require that the customer having the backflow prevention assembly be answerable for having the device examined (http://www.Policies.Utah.Gov/publicat/code/r309/r309-one zero five.Htm#T12).”The City of South Salt Lake calls for that the client having the backflow prevention assembly be liable for having the tool examined in addition to making sure the finished test bureaucracy is despatched into the City’s Water Division.Q: Why does it fee a lot to have my backflow meeting and/or tool tested? A: The City does not and can't manage the prices that certified testers price for this carrier. Fees can vary anywhere from $50.00 to $a hundred.00. We can offer citizens with a listing of backflow meeting testers and their contact records. We encourage our residents to name several certified testers to make certain they get the lowest fee.Q: Where can I find greater statistics on Cross Connection Control A: Please see the websites under for further statistics regarding Cross Connection Control:Click HERE to view the EPA Cross-Connection Control internet site.Click HERE to view the EPA Best Practice Guide.Click HERE to view the EPA Cross-Connection Control, Manual.Click HERE to view the American Backflow Prevention Association internet site.