City of Washington

We are pleased to provide you with this yr's Annual Drinking Water Quality Report. This report is a photograph of the remaining year’s water exceptional. Included is information about your source(s) of water, what it carries, and the way it compares to standards set by using regulatory agencies. Our steady intention is to offer you a secure and dependable supply of consuming water. We need you to recognize the efforts we make to continually improve the water remedy system and shield our water assets. We are devoted to making sure the fine of your water and to imparting you with these facts due to the fact knowledgeable customers are our first-class allies. If you have got any questions about this file or regarding your water, please contact Water Resources Division at (252) 927-9374 or (252) 975- 9310, eight a.M. – 5 p.M., Monday through Friday. For water-related emergency contact (252) 975-9320 at any time. We want our valued customers to be informed approximately their water utility. Source Water Assessment Program (SWAP) Results from The North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Public Water Supply (PWS) Section, Source Water Assessment Program (SWAP) performed checks for all drinking water resources across North Carolina. The purpose of the exams was to decide the susceptibility of every drinking water supply (nicely or floor water intake) to Potential Contaminant Sources (PCSs). The consequences of the evaluation are to be had in SWAP Assessment Reports that encompass maps, historical records and a susceptibility rating of Higher, Moderate, or Lower. The relative susceptibility score of each supply for the City of Washington and the Beaufort County Southside Water System become decided through combining the contaminant score (wide variety and vicinity of PCSs inside the evaluation area) and the inherent vulnerability score (i.E., traits or current situations of the nicely or watershed and its delineated assessment vicinity). The City of Washington’s water comes from floor water out of the Castle Hayne Aquifer. The City has set up 8 wells into the aquifer to do away with the water from the floor. These wells, positioned five to 10 miles east of Washington, pump uncooked water to the Regional Water Treatment Plant, placed near the Douglas Cross Roads Community. At the plant, uncooked water is dealt with to put off scent, iron, manganese, and hardness. Before the water enters the plant, it is aerated to take away odours. It is then injected with potassium permanganate to oxidize the dissolved iron and manganese. The oxidized iron and manganese are filtered out, and then sixty-five % of the water passes via excessive capability resin filters for the elimination of calcium and magnesium (hardness). The finished water from the resin filters is completely smooth. It is then blended with the unsoftened water for you to have approximately 60-75 mg/l of total hardness. As the water leaves the filters, chlorine is delivered as a disinfectant to ensure no bacteria are present, and a chloramine residual is saved within the water device. Phosphate is introduced to protect pipe traces inside the water distribution system and prevent corrosion and rusty water from attending to the customers. Fluoride also is brought in the treatment method to keep 0.Seventy-five mg/l in the water for the control of cavities in children’s teeth. Treated water is stored at the plant in tanks which have a capacity of two.Five million gallons. From these storage tanks, water is pumped into the gadget and to 3 improved storage tanks positioned in the City of Washington. As the water is pumped to those tanks, ammonia is brought. This ammonia combines with the chlorine to make up chloramines, a kind of disinfectant. The elevated garage tanks, whilst complete, will store 1.3 million gallons of water. Some City of Washington clients is supplied with water from the City of Washington and Beaufort County Southside Water System. This includes the Industrial Park and clients alongside Market Street Extension. The water from the Beaufort County Southside Water System comes from six ground wells that have been installed into the Castle Hayne and Pee Dee Aquifers. These wells are located alongside Hwy 33 East 5 to ten miles east of Chocowinity and along Old Sandhill Road. These wells pump raw water to 2 water remedy plants, which might be additionally located along Hwy 33 East and Old Sandhill Road. At the treatment flowers, the water is treated to put off odour, iron, manganese, and hardness. Chlorine and Ammonia (Chloramines) are added as a disinfectant to save you micro organisms increase. The dealt with water is then pumped into the Beaufort County Northside Water System..

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