Falmouth Water Department

Falmouth Water Department Drinking Water Report Info
Crucial strategic to give the Town sheltered, consumable drinking water through cautious administration and activity of the current wellsprings of water, and through continuous upkeep and activity of the appropriation framework. Long Pond Water Treatment Plan (01/18/19) The Long Pond Water Treatment Plant takes water from Long Pond, expels the green growth, ozonates the water, channels the water through enacted carbon and sanitizes it with sodium hypochlorite. The plant is in its second year of activity. As of now 25% of the water in the framework is being delivered by this plant. We are purifying with hypochlorite at a pace of 0.9 mg/l and framework wide we measure leftover chlorine levels of 0.4 to 0.7 mg/l. Hydrant Flushing and Painting (10/28/18 ) Open the report to the privilege named "Hydrants flushed 5-23-18" to see a guide with every one of the hydrants found. Highlighted hydrants are the ones that have been flushed since 2016. We flush throughout the spring and the fall every year. We have flushed over half of the 3000 hydrants to date. Hydrants with the intelligent whips on them are hydrants that have been flushed under this program. Throughout the spring, summer and fall we paint hydrants. In 2018 we have focused on painting hydrants on the principle streets including Gifford Street, Blacksmith Shop Road, West Falmouth Highway, Central Ave, Davisville Road, John Parker Road, and Marivista. Water Quality - Lead and Copper (10/28/18) In agreement with our testing plan we are again inspecting for lead and copper at 61 private homes this fall. The fall results will be condensed when finished in November. Throughout the Spring testing cycle, 3 of the 61 homes tried over the activity level for lead and those property holders were advised. The lead isn't from the source water, yet is available in the channeling in more established homes and may drain into the water if the water is stale for a significant stretch of time. For increasingly nitty gritty data open and read the archives on the privilege titled "Testing for lead at your home's tap" and the 2017 government funded training handout - lead". Water Supply - 2017 Annual Statistics Your water is provided from a few sources. All out stream for 2017 was 1,634 million gallons. To see a guide click on the report interface for Water Resource Areas on the correct side of this page. Long Pond is an ensured surface water supply it gave 52% of our water. The Crooked Pond Water Filtration Plant treats water from both the Crooked Pond Well and the Coonamessett Wells and gave 25% of our water. New Pond Well was taken off line from the get-go in the year because of perchlorate being distinguished at 2.2ppb, over the admissible degree of 2.0ppb. It gave generally 4.2% of our water. Female horses Pond Well given 6.6% of our water. From the Upper Cape Regional Water Co-operation, the Town acquires water from wells situated on the Mass Military Reservation. The Town acquired 12% of the complete stockpile from this source. Water Treatment (06/15/18) All sources are sanitized with sodium hypochlorite and treated with sodium hydroxide to give pH change. The normal pH of the water in the framework is roughly 8.0. Water is then conveyed to your living arrangement through our transmission and capacity framework, involved 370 miles of water fundamental, 4 water stockpiling tanks and around 22,000 service associations..