Clarksville Waterworks

We're thrilled to give you this yr's Annual Drinking Water Quality Report. This record is designed to inform you about the great water and services we deliver to you every day. We intend to provide you with a secure and dependable delivery of drinking water, and we want you to recognize, and be concerned in, the efforts we make to usually enhance the water treatment system and defend our water resources. Where Does Our Drinking Water Come From? The sources of ingesting water (both faucet water and bottled water) encompass rivers, lakes, streams, ponds, reservoirs, springs, and wells. Our supply is floor water from Piney Bay and Spadra Creek. How Safe Is The Source Of Our Drinking Water? The Arkansas Department of Health has completed a Source Water Vulnerability Assessment for Clarksville Light & Water. The evaluation summarizes the potential for infection of our assets of drinking water and can be used as a basis for growing a supply water safety plan. Based on the numerous standards of the evaluation, our water resources were determined to have a low to excessive susceptibility to contamination. You may additionally request a summary of the Source Water Vulnerability Assessment from our workplace. What Contaminants Can Be In Our Drinking Water? As water travels over the floor of the land or through the floor, it dissolves naturally going on minerals and, in a few instances, can pick up materials resulting from the presence of animals or human interest. Contaminants that can be found in source water consist of: Microbial contaminants along with viruses and microorganism, which may additionally come from sewage treatment flowers, septic systems, agricultural farm animals operations, and natural world; Inorganic contaminants consisting of salts and metals, which can be evidently taking place or end result from urban stormwater runoff, business or home wastewater discharges, oil and gasoline production, mining, or farming; Pesticides and herbicides which may also come from a diffusion of assets which include agriculture, urban stormwater runoff, and home makes use of; Organic chemical contaminants along with artificial and volatile natural chemical substances, which might be with the aid of-merchandise of business techniques and petroleum production, and can also come from fuel stations, city stormwater runoff, and septic structures; Radioactive contaminants which may be evidently going on or be the end result of oil and gasoline production and mining sports. To guarantee faucet water is secure to drink, EPA has regulations that limit the number of certain contaminants in water provided by public water structures. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations set up limits for contaminants in bottled water which ought to provide the identical protection for public fitness. Am I at Risk? All ingesting water, together with bottled water, may moderately be expected to include at least small amounts of a few contaminants. The presence of contaminants does now not always imply that the water poses a fitness hazard. However, some humans may be extra susceptible to contaminants in ingesting water than the overall population. Immunocompromised persons along with people with cancer undergoing chemotherapy, men and women who've undergone organ transplants, humans with HIV/AIDS or different immune device problems, a few elderly, and babies can be particularly at danger from small amounts of infection. These people ought to seek advice about consuming water from their health care carriers. More statistics about contaminants and ability health effects may be received by using calling the Environmental Protection Agency’s Safe Drinking Water Hotline at 1-800-426-4791. Also, EPA/CDC suggestions on a suitable approaches to reduce the threat of contamination by way of microbiological contaminants also are available from the Safe Drinking Water Hotline. Lead and Drinking Water If present, increased ranges of lead can motive severe fitness issues, especially for pregnant women and younger kids. Lead in ingesting water is usually from materials and additives related to carrier lines and home plumbing. We are chargeable for supplying high satisfactory consuming water, however, can not manage the variety of substances utilized in plumbing components. When your water has been sitting for numerous hours, you may limit the ability for lead publicity via flushing your faucet for 30 seconds to two minutes before using water for ingesting or cooking. If you're involved approximately lead to your water, you can wish to have your water tested. Information on lead in consuming water, trying out strategies, and steps you may take to decrease publicity is available from the Safe Drinking Water Hotline or at http://www.Epa.Gov/safewater/lead. How Can I Learn More About Our Drinking Water? If you have got any questions on this report or regarding your water application, please touch Roy Young, Superintendent, at 479-754-3148. We need our valued clients to be informed about their water application. If you want to analyze more, please attend any of our frequently scheduled meetings. They are held on the last Monday of every month at noon midday in the Clarksville Light & Water Office, 400 West Main in Clarksville..

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