City of Rockwall

The causes of drinking water (both plain tap water and bottled water) include rivers, ponds, streams, ponds, reservoirs, springs, and water wells. As water moves over the surface from the land or throughout the ground, it dissolves naturally-occurring minerals and, in some cases, radioactive materials, and can pick up chemicals resulting from the presence of pets or liveliness. 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 environmentally friendly Protection Agency’s (EPA) Safe Drinking Water Hotline in (800) 426-4791. Pollutants that may be present in resource water include: -- Microbial contaminants, including viruses and bacterias, which may come from sewerage treatment plants, solid waste systems, agricultural animal operations, and animals. - Inorganic pollutants, such as salts and metals, which can be naturally-occurring or result from city stormwater runoff, industrial or household wastewater discharges, gas and oil production, mining, or perhaps farming. - & nitrogen-laden herbicides, which may originate from a variety of sources including agriculture, urban surprise water runoff, and residential uses. -- Organic chemical pollutants, including synthetic and volatile organic chemical substances, which are by-products of business processes and petroleum production, and can likewise come from gas stations, city stormwater runoff, and septic devices. - Radioactive pollutants, which can be naturally occurring or perhaps be the result of gas and oil production and exploration activities. To make sure that tap water is safe to imbibe, EPA prescribes rules which limit the number of certain contaminants in water provided by general public water systems. Fda (FDA) regulations set up limits for pollutants in bottled water which usually must provide the same protections for public well-being. Contaminants may be present in drinking water that may trigger taste, color, or perhaps odor problems. These kinds of problems are not necessarily triggered for health concerns. To find out more about the taste, smell, or color of water, please contact the system's business office. You might be more vulnerable than the basic population to particular microbial contaminants, including Cryptosporidium, in water. Infants, some seniors, or immunocompromised individuals such as those going through chemotherapy for malignancy; persons who have gone through organ transplants; those people who are undergoing treatment with steroids; and people with HIV/AIDS or additional immune system disorders, could be particularly at risk coming from infections. You should look for advice about water from your physician or perhaps health care providers. Additional recommendations on an appropriate ways to lessen the risk of contamination by Cryptosporidium can be found from the Safe Drinking Water Servicenummer at (800-426-4791). If present, elevated amounts of lead can cause severe health problems, especially for women that are pregnant and young children. Business lead in drinking water is usually primarily from components and components connected with service lines and home plumbing. Our company is responsible for providing top quality drinking water, but all of us cannot control the range of materials used in domestic plumbing components. When your drinking water has been sitting for many hours, you can reduce the potential for lead publicity by flushing the tap for half a minute to 2 moments before using drinking water for drinking or perhaps cooking. If you are worried about lead in your drinking water, you may wish to have the water tested. Information about lead in water, testing methods, and steps you can take to minimize publicity are available from the A safe drinking water supply Hotline or at http://www.epa.gov/safewater/lead. Where can we get our water? The City of Rockwall purchases treated drinking water from the North Tx Municipal Water Area (TX0430044) from the Wylie Water Treatment Grow. The water is from surface water resources. The water comes from the next Reservoirs: Lavon situated in Collin County, Rick Chapman located in Hopkins and Delta Areas, Texoma located in Grayson County, Tawakoni situated in Hunt, Rains, and Van Zandt Areas and East Shell Raw Water Supply Task (Wetland) located in Kaufman County. Information about Supply Water Assessments TCEQ completed a Resource Water Susceptibility for all those drinking water systems that own their resources. This report explains the susceptibility and types of matters that may come into contact with the drinking water source depending on human activities and natural conditions. The system(s) from which all of us purchase our drinking water received the evaluation report. For more information upon source water tests and protection attempts at our system get in touch with NTMWD Environmental Solutions Department at (972) 442-5405 or environmental. info@ntmwd. com. Even more details about sources and source-water assessments can be found in Drinking Water Watch in http://dww2. the. tx. gov/DWW/ Water Review Report In the drinking water loss audit posted to the Texas Drinking water Development Board intended for the period of January - December 2017, our system lost approximately 21, 330, 931 gallons of drinking water. If you have any queries about the water reduction audit, please contact me at 972-771-7730..

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