Hammond WD

We’re thrilled to give you this 12 months' Annual Water Quality Report. This document is designed to tell you approximately the great water and services we supply to you every day. Our consistent goal is to offer you a secure and dependable delivery of consuming water. Our water supply is purchased from Anderson Regional Joint Water System this is furnished through floor water from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer’s Hartwell Lake Reservoir lying along the border of Upstate Carolina and Georgia. If you have got any questions on this record or concerning your water software, please contact Chuck Cortez at Hammond Water (864) 847-4957. Some people can be extra liable to contaminants in drinking water than the overall populace. Immuno-compromised folks which include individuals with most cancers undergoing chemotherapy, individuals who've passed through organ transplants, human beings with HIV/AIDS or other immune gadget problems, some aged, and toddlers may be mainly at hazard from infections. These humans need to searching for advice about consuming water from their health care carriers. Infants and younger youngsters are typically greater vulnerable to lead in consuming water than the overall populace. If you're worried about expanded lead ranges in your property’s water, you should flush your tap for 30 seconds to two minutes earlier than the use of faucet water. Additional records are to be had from the Safe Drinking Water Hotline (800-426-4791). If present, accelerated tiers of lead can reason serious fitness issues, especially for pregnant girls and younger children. Lead in drinking water is commonly from materials and components related to carrier strains and domestic plumbing. Hammond Water District is accountable for imparting high satisfactory ingesting water, however, it can not manage the form of materials utilized in plumbing additives. When your water has been sitting for several hours, you can limit the capacity for lead publicity via flushing your tap for 30 seconds to two minutes earlier than the usage of water for ingesting or cooking. If you're concerned about lead to your consuming water, you could want to have your water tested. Information on lead in ingesting water, checking out techniques, and steps you can take to minimize publicity is to be had from the Safe Drinking Water Hotline at (800) 426-4791 or at http://www.Eps.Gov/safewater/lead. Hammond Water automatically videoes display units for contaminants for your drinking water in step with Federal and State legal guidelines. This table indicates the effects of our tracking from January 1st to December thirty first, 2018 or the closing required tracking date. As water travels over the land or underground, it may pick out up materials or contaminants along with microbes, inorganic and natural chemical compounds, and radioactive materials. All ingesting water, such as bottled consuming water, can be fairly predicted to comprise at least small quantities of some contaminants. It’s essential to take into account that the presence of those contaminants does no longer always poses a health hazard. More statistics approximately contaminants and capacity fitness results may be acquired with the aid of calling the Environmental Protection Agency’s Safe Drinking Water Hotline at 1-800-426-4791. We are thrilled to record that our consuming water is secure and meets all federal and state requirements..

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