City of Converse

Special Notice: a Needed language for ALL community public water materials You may be more vulnerable compared to the general population to certain microbial pollutants, such as Cryptosporidium, in drinking water. Infants, a few elderly, or defense compromised persons including those undergoing radiation treatment for cancer; individuals who have undergone body organ transplants; those who are going through treatment with steroid drugs; and people with HIV/AIDS or other defense mechanisms disorders, can be especially at risk from attacks. You should seek guidance about drinking water from the physician or physicians. Additional guidelines upon appropriate means to reduce the risk of infection simply by Cryptosporidium are available from your Safe Drinking Water Hotline (800-426-4791). Water Sources The sources of drinking water (both tap water and bottled water) include streams, lakes, streams, fish ponds, reservoirs, springs, and wells. As drinking water travels over the surface area of the land or perhaps through the ground, this dissolves naturally-occurring nutrients and, in some cases, radioactive material, and can pick-up substances resulting from the existence of animals or coming from human activity. Contaminants that may be present in source drinking water include · Microbes contaminants, such as infections and bacteria, which might come from sewage treatment plants, septic devices, agricultural livestock procedures, and wildlife. · Inorganic contaminants, including salts and alloys, which can be naturally-occurring or perhaps result from urban surprise water runoff, commercial or domestic sewage discharges, oil and gas creation, mining, or harvesting. · Pesticides and weed killers, which may come from some sources such as farming, urban storm drinking water runoff, and home uses. · Organic and natural chemical contaminants, which include synthetic and risky organic chemicals, that are by-products of industrial procedures and petroleum creation, and can also originate from gas stations, urban surprise water runoff, and septic systems. · Radioactive contaminants, which may be naturally-occurring or become the result of oil and gas creation and mining actions. Where do we get our drinking water? The drinking water is from multiple water resources: The City of Speak wells pump straight from the EDWARDS Aquifer. Additional sources received are from the Encolure Regional Water Expert (CRWA) ground drinking water from Wells Farm. A Source Drinking water Susceptibility Assessment to your drinking water source(s) happens to be being updated by Texas Commission upon Environmental Quality. These details describe the susceptibility and types of constituents that may touch your drinking water resource based on human actions and natural circumstances. The information contained in the evaluation allows us to focus on resource water protection tactics. For more information about your causes of water, please refer to the Source Water Evaluation Viewer available at the next URL: http://www.tceq. tx. gov/gis/Seaview The TCEQ completed an evaluation of your source drinking water and results show that some of where you got the information is susceptible to particular contaminants. The sample requirements for your drinking water system are based on this kind of susceptibility and previous test data. Any recognition of these contaminants might be found in this Customer Confident Report. To find out more about source drinking water assessments and safety efforts at our bodies, please contact Jonathan Smith, Deputy Movie director of Public Functions at (210) 658-3453. Further details about resources and source-water tests are available in Drinking Water View at the following WEB ADDRESS: http://dww2. the. tx. gov/DWW/ ALL water may contain pollutants: Drinking water, including water in bottles, may reasonably be anticipated to contain in the least small amounts of some contaminants. The existence of contaminants does not always indicate that drinking water poses a wellness risk. More information on the subject of contaminants and potential health effects can be acquired by calling the EPAs Safe Drinking Water Servicenummer at (800) 426-4791. Secondary Constituents: To be able to ensure that tap water is secure to drink, EPA prescribes regulations which limit the number of certain pollutants in water given by public water devices. FDA regulations set up limits for pollutants in bottled water which usually must provide equal protection for public well-being. Contaminants may be present in drinking water that may trigger taste, color, or perhaps odor problems. The flavor and order matters are called secondary matters and are regulated by the State of Tx, not the ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY. These types of problems are certainly not causes for health issues. Therefore, secondary’s are certainly not required to be reported in this document however they may greatly impact the appearance and flavor of your water. To find out more about the taste, smell, or color of water, please contact the system's business office..

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