Muhlenberg Twp Municipal Authority

We are pleased to offer you this yr's Annual Drinking Water Quality Report. This report is designed to inform you about the quality water and offerings we supply to you each day. Our consistent goal is to provide you with a secure and dependable delivery of consuming water. We need you to recognize the efforts we make to usually improve the water treatment manner and to protect our water resources. Sources of Water: All of our water supply is from nine (9) deep groundwater wells positioned all through Muhlenberg Township. The present water gadget consists of 5 (five) booster pumping stations, six (6) storage reservoirs, and about 112 miles of transmission and distribution mains. The Authority machine serves quantities of Muhlenberg Township (together with the former Borough of Temple), and quantities of Laureldale Borough and Alsace Township. Public water supply is provided to about eight,943 customers with an average water call for about three.15 million gallons. We are dedicated to making sure the nice of your water and the Muhlenberg Township Authority works around the clock to provide top quality water to every faucet. Need More Information? If you have any questions about this Report or regarding your water utility, please contact: Jeff Calpino General Manager (610) 929-4709 If you want to research extra, please attend any of our often scheduled conferences. They are held at 7:00 p.M. On the first Thursday after the primary Monday of every month on the Township office. Monday of 2017 Know the Health Risks All assets of ingesting water are a problem to capability contamination through parts that are going on or guy-made. All ingesting water, such as bottled water, may also moderately be expected to include at the least small quantities of a few contaminants. The presence of contaminants does no longer always suggest that the water poses a fitness risk. To make sure that tap water is secure to drink, EPA and DEP prescribe rules which restrict the number of certain contaminants in water supplied by using public water systems. The Food and Drug Administration and DEP guidelines establish limits for contaminants in bottled water which must offer identical safety for public health. More records about contaminants and potential fitness results may be received through calling the Environmental Protection Agency’s Safe Drinking Water Hotline at 1-800- 426- 4791 or visiting the EPA Office of Water internet site at www.Epa.Gov/OGWDW. MCLs are set at very stringent stages for health outcomes. To apprehend the feasible health results defined for plenty of regulated constituents, a person could drink 2 litres of water every day on the MCL stage for an entire life to have a one-in-a-million danger of getting the described fitness effect. Some people can be more liable to contaminants in ingesting water than the overall populace. Immuno-compromised people which include persons with most cancers present process chemotherapy, persons who have undergone organ transplants, people with HIV/AIDS or other immune gadget disorders, a few elderly, and infants can be especially at chance from infections. These humans ought to are looking for recommendations approximately drinking water from their fitness care providers. EPA/CDC guidelines on a suitable ways to reduce the hazard of infection by using cryptosporidium and other microbiological contaminants are available from the Safe Drinking Water Hotline at 1-800-426-4791. Nitrate in consuming water at tiers above 10 ppm is a fitness hazard for infants of less than six months of age. High nitrate degrees in ingesting water can motive blue child syndrome. Nitrate ranges might also upward thrust quickly for quick periods due to rainfall or agricultural pastime. If you are being concerned for an infant you must ask for advice out of your health care provider. If present, accelerated tiers of lead can reason serious fitness issues, mainly for pregnant girls and younger youngsters. Lead in consuming water is broadly speaking from materials and additives related to services lines and domestic plumbing. Muhlenberg Township Authority is liable for providing excessive nice ingesting water, however, can not manage the form of materials used in plumbing components. When your water has been sitting for numerous hours, you could limit the ability for lead exposure via flushing your faucet for 30 seconds to two mins before using water for drinking or cooking. If you are worried approximately lead in your water, you can wish to have your water tested. Information on lead in ingesting water, testing strategies, and steps you may take to reduce publicity is available from the Safe Drinking Water Hotline or at http://www.Epa.Gov/safewater/lead. Sources of ingesting water (each tap water and bottled water) include rivers, lakes, streams, ponds, reservoirs, springs, and wells. As water travels over the floor of the land or through the floor, it dissolves clearly-occurring minerals and, in some instances, radioactive cloth, and might choose up substances as a result of the presence of animals or human interest. Contaminants that can be found in supply water consist of • Microbial contaminants, which include viruses and bacteria, which may additionally come from sewage remedy vegetation, septic structures, agricultural livestock operations, and flora and fauna. • Inorganic contaminants, which includes salts and metals, which can be obviously-going on or result from city stormwater runoff, commercial or home wastewater discharges, oil and gas manufacturing, mining, or farming. • Pesticides and herbicides, which may also come from a spread of assets, together with agriculture, city stormwater runoff, and residential uses. • Organic chemical contaminants, such as synthetic and risky organic chemical substances, which can be byproducts of business strategies and petroleum production, and can also come from gasoline stations, urban stormwater runoff, and septic systems. • Radioactive contaminants, which may be the certainly-taking place or be the result of oil and gasoline manufacturing and mining activities..

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