Hardin County Water District #1/Ft. Knox

Quality 1st Once again we are very happy to present our total annual water quality statement. As in years recent, we are committed to providing the best quality drinking water possible. To that end, we stay vigilant in seeing the challenges of recent regulations, source drinking water protection, water preservation, and community outreach and education whilst continuing to provide the needs of most of our water users. We encourage one to share your thoughts around on the information contained with this report. After all, well-informed customers are the best allies. To find out more about this report, or perhaps for any questions associated with your drinking water, make sure you call Mr. Bob Gohman, Water Treatment Plant Supervisor, simply by phone at (270) 862-4340 or simply by fax at (270) 862-5740. He can become contacted via email at cgohman@hcwd. contendo. How Is My personal Water Treated and Purified? All three WTPs use a three-step treatment process. This includes filtration to remove larger contaminants in the raw drinking water. The PWP and MWP also add powder, activated carbon to soak up many other types of chemicals or pollutants. The water then goes by through a multimedia filtration system system that uses four sizes of sand and tiny rocks, plus a layer of anthracite coal. The filters are able to take out many other microscopic contaminants and contaminants. Finally, the treated drinking water is kept within a holding tank exactly where it is completely disinfected to meet all federal and state requirements. The completed water is then driven through more than four hundred miles of drinking water mains until it gets to 13 storage storage containers that can store approximately 7 million gallons of treated drinking water. The PWP, that was completely rebuilt last year, has won five industry awards seeing that. Tours may be organized for school and civic groups any kind of time of our WTP’s. Get in touch with Mr. Gohman to set up a tour. Business lead in Home Domestic plumbing I f present, elevated levels of business lead can cause serious health issues, especially for pregnant women and young children. Lead found in drinking water is mainly from materials and components associated with support lines and house plumbing. We are accountable for providing high-quality water, but we are not able to control the variety of components used in plumbing parts. When your water continues to be sitting for several several hours, you can minimize the opportunity of lead exposure simply by flushing your faucet for 30 seconds to 2 minutes prior to using water intended for drinking or cooking food. If you are concerned about lead in your water, you might wish to have your drinking water tested. Information on business lead in drinking water, screening methods, and actions you can take to minimize exposure exists from the Safe Drinking Water Servicenummer or at www.epa.gov/lead. Wellhead Protection Strategy Hardin County Drinking water District No . you and Fort Knox Water updated the Wellhead Protection Programs (WHPPs) in 2016. We held a county-wide public conference that included associates from all water-producing utilities in the region as well as personnel coming from KY Rural Drinking water Association, KY Geological Survey, and Hardin County Planning and Zoning. This collaborative effort will in order to strengthen source drinking water protection efforts. Previous WHPP efforts included identifying the area basins that drain in to our raw drinking water sources, to identify feasible types and causes of contamination and to develop programs or extra measures to better safeguard this source drinking water from those pollutants. Pirtle Spring WTP found that the two separate resources do not share a similar water. The Pirtle Spring, located in the plant site, gathers water from a 27-square-mile area. Your head of Rough Planting season, located about 1 ) 5 miles from your water plant, gets water from a 17-square-mile area. These two watersheds, in mainly agricultural areas, subject matter our treatment procedure to contaminants coming from agricultural runoff which includes fertilizers, pesticides, and herbicides. Fort Knox personnel conducted an extensive inventory of existing wells for the West Point very well field and encircling 5. 5 block mile protection region, which serves Muldraugh WTP, as well as for the 19. 4 sq . mile recharge region for McCracken Suspension springs, which serves Central WTP. These stocks identify and keep an eye on potential sources of contaminants to the water supply. One of many management strategies contained in the Fort Knox WHPP is the use of control wells to protect the groundwater supply coming from chloride intrusion coming from nearby abandoned gas and oil wells. A copy of those reports is available simply by contacting us during regular business several hours. Because of the karst water supplies through which both of the source waters navigate, our water is rich in calcium, averaging on the subject of 80 parts every million (ppm) calcium mineral and 200 ppm calcium hardness. The calcium that is offered in our drinking water is helpful to our customers’ wellness. Calcium is vital to many essential functions just like blood clotting, muscle mass contraction (including the contraction of the heart), and bone and tooth formation. The Institute of Medicine suggests that each individual’s suggested dietary allowance of calcium is seven hundred to 1300 mg/day, depending on the age and gender of the individual. Simply by consuming the suggested 0. 2 to at least one. 0 gallons of water per person per day, our clients can satisfy more than 20% of their suggested daily intake of calcium mineral. We acknowledge the hardness of our drinking water does have its disadvantages. Water heaters, dishwashers, and humidifiers seem to be one of the most problematic as calcium mineral precipitates out of water at larger temperatures, causing the size to build upon these types of heating elements and these systems. A preventative maintenance system performed every a few to 6 months for people household appliances may dramatically extend their particular lives. Both Fortification Knox WTP perform however provide a treatment process to lower the finished water. This lowers hardness can be 63%. Substances That may be in Water To make sure that tap water is safe to imbibe, the U. H. EPA prescribes rules limiting the number of particular contaminants in drinking water provided by public drinking water systems. U. H. Food and Drug Administration regulations set up limits for pollutants in bottled water that have to provide the same safety for public health. The sources of drinking water (both tap water and bottled water) include streams, lakes, streams, fish ponds, reservoirs, springs, and wells. As drinking water travels over the surface area of the land or perhaps through the ground, this dissolves naturally occurring nutrients, in some cases, radioactive materials, and substances caused by the presence of animals or perhaps from human activity. Chemicals that may be present in a source, water consist of: Microbial Contaminants, including viruses and bacterias, which may come from sewerage treatment plants, solid waste systems, agricultural animals operations, or animals; Inorganic Contaminants, including salts and alloys, which can be naturally occurring or perhaps may result from city stormwater runoff, commercial or domestic sewage discharges, oil and gas creation, mining, or harvesting; Pesticides and Herbicides, which might come from a variety of resources such as agriculture, city stormwater runoff, and residential uses; Organic and natural Chemical Contaminants, which includes synthetic and risky organic chemicals, that are by-products of industrial procedures and petroleum creation and may also originate from gas stations, urban stormwater runoff, and solid waste systems; Radioactive Pollutants, which can be naturally occurring or perhaps may be the result of gas and oil production and exploration activities. Drinking water, which includes bottled water, may fairly be expected to consist of at least a small amount of some pollutants. The presence of contaminants will not necessarily indicate that water poses a health risk. More info about contaminants and potential health results may be obtained simply by calling the Circumstance. S. EPA’s A safe drinking water supply Hotline at (800) 426-4791. Test Outcomes Our water is usually monitored for many different types of substances on a extremely strict sampling routine. The information in the info tables shows just those substances which were detected between January 1 and Dec 31, 2017. Keep in mind that detecting a material does not necessarily mean water is unsafe to imbibe; our goal is always to keep all deb.

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