Glassboro Water Department

We are thrilled to provide you with this yr’s Annual Drinking Water Quality Report. This record is designed to inform you about the satisfactory water and services we supply to you each day. Our constant intention is to provide you with a safe and dependable delivery of drinking water. We are continually running to improve the water remedy system and shield our water resources. We are devoted to ensuring the high-quality of your water. Our water assets are groundwater from the Cohansey, Potomac/Raritan/Magothy and Mount Laurel Aquifers. We also buy water from New Jersey American Company, which draws its water from the Delaware River. Source Water Assessment Report The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) has completed and issued the Source Water Assessment Report and Summary for this public water machine, that's available at www.Nation.Nj.Us/dep/switch or by contacting NJDEP’s Bureau of Safe Drinking Water at (609) 292-5550. You might also touch your public water gadget to gain records regarding your water machine’s Source Water Assessment. This water machine’s source water susceptibility ratings and a listing of ability contaminant resources are blanketed in this report. What Contaminants Can Be In Our Drinking Water? The resources of consuming water (both faucet water and bottled water) encompass rivers, lakes, streams, ponds, reservoirs, springs, and wells. As water travels over the surface of the land or through the floor, it dissolves naturally going on minerals, and in a few instances, radioactive material, and may select up materials as a consequence of the presence of animals or from human activity. Contaminants that may be present in supply water consist of • Microbial contaminants, consisting of viruses and micro organisms, which can also come from sewage remedy vegetation, septic systems, agricultural livestock operations, and flora and fauna. • Inorganic contaminants, which include salts and metals, which may be naturally-occurring or result from water runoff, commercial or home wastewater discharges, oil and gas projections, mining, or farming. • Pesticides and herbicides, which may come from a variety of resources such as agriculture, urban hurricane water runoff, and residential makes use of. • Organic chemical contaminants, which include synthetic and unstable natural chemicals, which are byproducts of industrial processes and petroleum manufacturing, and can, also come from gasoline stations, city hurricane water runoff, and septic systems. • Radioactive contaminants which may be occurring or be the result of oil and gasoline manufacturing and mining activities. To make sure that tap water is secure to drink, EPA prescribes guidelines which restrict the number of certain contaminants in water supplied by way of public water systems. Food and Drug Administration regulations establish limits for contaminants in bottled water, which have to provide the identical safety for public health. Am I at Risk? Drinking water, which includes bottled water, may also reasonably be expected to incorporate at least small amounts of a few contaminants. The presence of contaminants does no longer necessarily suggest that the water poses a health hazard. More records approximately infection and potential health effects may be acquired via calling the Environmental Protection Agency’s Safe Drinking Water Hotline at 1-800-426-4791. Lead & Drinking Water If present, extended tiers of lead can reason critical health troubles, particularly for pregnant girls and younger youngsters. Lead in consuming water is primarily from materials and components associated with carrier traces and home plumbing. Glassboro Water is accountable for presenting high first-class ingesting water, but can't control the sort of substances utilized in plumbing additives. When your water has been sitting for numerous hours, you could minimize the ability for lead publicity with the aid of flushing your tap for 30 seconds to two minutes before using water for drinking and cooking. If you're involved approximately lead on your water, you can want to have your water examined. Information on lead in ingesting water, testing techniques, and steps you could take to reduce publicity is to be had from the Safe Drinking Water hotline or at http://www.Epa.Gov/safewater/lead. Water Treatment Process To ensure the continuing quality of our water, it's far dealt with numerous methods. The water from 3 of our Patomic-Raritan-Magothy wells is pumped from over six hundred feet underground immediately into our mains, needing the best chlorination because it enters. Our Mount Laurel properly is sort of 400 toes and also wishes the best chlorination before entering the distribution device. Chlorination is a kingdom that required a disinfection system which kills any bacteria that can be present inside the water. Although a few people can be able to scent or taste the chlorine at instances, it's far vital that it's far gift to insure that water visiting miles to all areas of metropolis remains micro organism unfastened. Our 3 Cohansey wells are pumped from wells approximately a hundred ft underground. They are filtered through a carbon-based up-flow clarifiers at our treatment plant to cast off trace amounts of iron and manganese, chlorinated and then pumped into the distribution gadget. Our very last Patomic-Raritan-Magothy properly is once more pumped from over 600 ft underground. This water first travels through reverse osmosis filters to get rid of hint quantities of sodium to satisfy and exceed New Jersey requirements. We then appoint Vibratory Shear Enhanced Processing (VSEP) to enhance the performance of the process. The water is then chlorinated and pumped into the distribution device..

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