Kimzey Regional Water District

We're pleased to offer you this yr's Annual Drinking Water Quality Report. This record is designed to inform you about the fine water and services we supply to you every day. Our purpose is to provide you with a safe and reliable delivery of ingesting water, and we want you to recognize, and be involved in, the efforts we make to usually enhance the water remedy technique and defend our water sources. Where Does Our Drinking Water Come From? The sources of consuming water (both faucet water and bottled water) include rivers, lakes, streams, ponds, reservoirs, springs, and wells. Our sources are DeGray Lake and Ouachita River. Water from DeGray Lake is dealt with on the Bismarck Treatment Plant and water from Ouachita River is handled on the Jones Mill Treatment Plant. Customers west of the Oak Grove Pump Station on Highway eighty-four receive water ordinarily from the Bismarck Treatment Plant, and customers to the east of the Pump Station get hold of water usually from the Jones Mill Treatment Plant. During emergency conditions, water may be pumped between distribution structures, and several instances according to year the valve among distribution structures is exercised, which lets in a few blending of the water. How Safe Is The Source Of Our Drinking Water? The Arkansas Department of Health has finished a Source Water Vulnerability Assessment for Kimzey Regional Water District. The assessment summarizes the potential for contamination of our assets of drinking water and may be used as a foundation for growing a supply water safety plan. Based on the various criteria of the evaluation, our water resources had been determined to have a low susceptibility to contamination. You can also request a precis of the Source Water Vulnerability Assessment from our office. What Contaminants Can Be In Our Drinking Water? As water travels over the floor of the land or through the floor, it dissolves occurring minerals and, in a few cases, can pick out up materials resulting from the presence of animals or the human hobby. Contaminants that may be found in source water include: Microbial contaminants including viruses and microorganism, which may come from sewage treatment flora, septic systems, agricultural cattle operations, and flora and fauna; Inorganic contaminants inclusive of salts and metals, which can be obviously going on or result from urban stormwater runoff, business or domestic wastewater discharges, oil and gas manufacturing, mining, or farming; Pesticides and herbicides which may also come from an expansion of assets such as agriculture, city stormwater runoff, and home makes use of; Organic chemical contaminants such as synthetic and risky organic chemical substances, which can be by way of-merchandise of business methods and petroleum manufacturing, and can also come from gasoline stations, city stormwater runoff, and septic structures; Radioactive contaminants which can be naturally happening or be the end result of oil and fuel manufacturing and mining sports. To guarantee faucet water is safe to drink, EPA has rules which restrict the number of sure contaminants in water provided utilizing public water systems. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations establish limits for contaminants in bottled water which must offer the same protection for public fitness. Am I at Risk? All-consuming water, together with bottled water, may additionally reasonably be anticipated to include at the least small amounts of a few contaminants. The presence of contaminants does now not necessarily indicate that the water poses a health chance. However, a few people may be extra susceptible to contaminants in drinking water than the general population. Immuno-compromised persons including people with most cancers present process chemotherapy, folks who've gone through organ transplants, people with HIV/AIDS or other immune system disorders, a few aged, and infants can be especially at hazard from small amounts of infection. These people should are seeking advice approximately ingesting water from their health care companies. More statistics approximately contaminants and capacity fitness outcomes may be received via calling the Environmental Protection Agency’s Safe Drinking Water Hotline at 1-800-426-4791. Also, EPA/CDC hints on appropriate method to lessen the hazard of contamination via microbiological contaminants also are available from the Safe Drinking Water Hotline. What is Cryptosporidium? Cryptosporidium is a microbial pathogen located in floor water in the course of the U.S. It lives and reproduces only with the host. In the environment, Cryptosporidium exists as a thick-walled oocyst, containing four organisms. Monitoring via Kimzey Regional Water District in 2017 indicated no presence of any of those organisms in our water assets. It is crucial to realize that even though filtration eliminates Cryptosporidium, the most usually used filtration techniques cannot guarantee one hundred percentage elimination. Ingestion of Cryptosporidium may additionally cause cryptosporidiosis, stomach contamination. Symptoms of infection consist of nausea, diarrhea, and stomach cramps. Most healthful people can triumph over the ailment within some weeks. However, immuno-compromised human beings are at more hazard of growing lifestyles threatening contamination. We inspire immuno-compromised people to seek advice from their physician concerning suitable precautions to take to avoid contamination. Cryptosporidium must be ingested to motive sickness, and it could unfold thru manner aside from ingesting water. Lead and Drinking Water If a gift, accelerated degrees of lead can cause severe health problems, especially for pregnant ladies and younger kids. Lead in drinking water is often from materials and components associated with carrier traces and home plumbing. CCR 17 Kimzey Regional Water District (821) Page 2 of 3 We are responsible for imparting high excellent ingesting water, however, cannot control the type of materials utilized in plumbing additives. When your water has been sitting for numerous hours, you could decrease the capacity for lead exposure via flushing your tap for 30 seconds to two minutes before the use of water for ingesting or cooking. If you are worried about lead for your water, you may want to have your water tested. Information on lead in ingesting water, trying out methods, and steps you could take to decrease exposure 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've got any questions on this file or concerning your water utility, please contact Keith Daniell, General Manager, at 501-337-0037. If you want to learn more, please attend any of our regularly scheduled conferences. They are hung on the 0.33 Tuesday of every month at 7:00 PM on the Kimzey Business office..

Is my ingesting water safe? Yes, our water meets all of EPA’s health requirements. We have performed numerous exams for over 80 contaminants that can be in ingesting water. As you will see within the chart at the returned, we detected 9 of those contaminants and all of those had been observed at safe degrees. What is the supply of my water? Soddy Daisy and Mowbray patron’s water is surface water and comes from the Soddy Lake, northeast of metropolis. Our Sale Creek patron’s water is groundwater from wells and is derived from a Cambrian/Ordovician type aquifer. We intend to defend our water from contaminants and we're operating with the State to determine the vulnerability of our water to capability contamination. The SWAP Report assesses the susceptibility of untreated water resources to potential contamination. To make sure secure consuming water, all public water systems treat and automatically test their water. Water assets had been rated as moderately prone, fairly prone or slightly inclined based totally on geologic elements and human activities inside the location of the water supply. The Soddy-Daisy and Sale Creek sources are rated as reasonably liable to ability contamination. The program, the Source Water Assessment summaries, susceptibility scorings and the overall TDEC document to EPA can be regarded online at www.Tn.Gov/environment/ article/wr-wq-supply-water-assessment or you may touch the Water System to acquire copies of precise exams. Why are there contaminants in my water? Drinking water, which includes bottled water, may additionally reasonably be anticipated to incorporate at least small quantities of some contaminants. The presence of contaminants does now not necessarily imply that water poses a fitness threat. More information about contaminants and capacity health results can be acquired employing calling the Environmental Protection Agency’s Safe Drinking Water Hotline (800- 426-4791)..