Powder Springs

Why This Report? The Powder Springs Water System is devoted to handing over to you, our customer, water that meets or exceeds federal and country satisfactory standards. We are thrilled to announce that this 2017 Water Quality Report suggests we're doing that. Our priority is to supply secure water to your property or commercial enterprise every day. The following pages offer the drinking water summary results of a non-stop testing software. This evaluation demonstrates the assembly or exceeding of the goals set by federal and state businesses to guard public health. Important definitions are furnished to assist similarly clarify the data. For extra facts, you may contact our office at 770-943-8010.Who Provides My Water? You are a client of the Powder Springs Water System. We distribute treated water to you and acquire wastewater in a manner secure to your families and the surroundings. The City of Powder Springs purchases water from the Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority (CCMWA), an application offering dealt with consuming water on a wholesale foundation to other towns and counties inside the place. CCMWA treats ingesting water the use of contemporary equipment and ensures water fine via persevered tracking and testing. Water is brought to greater than 7000 client debts representing approximately 14,000 people within the Powder Springs Water System’s carrier vicinity. The CCMWA and the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC), finished a source water assessment itemizing capability sources of water pollutants to our surface drinking water supplies. This data can help you understand the capacity for contamination of your ingesting water materials and can be used to prioritize the need for protecting ingesting water resources.A Source Water Assessment is a study and report which provides the following facts: 1. Delineating the water supply watershed for every ingesting water consumption, 2. Developing an inventory of ability sources of infection, 3. Determining the susceptibility of ingesting water assets to diagnosed potential sources of infection, and 4. Increasing public involvement in and cognizance of drinking water watershed concerns. For extra facts in this project visit the Source Water Assessment website at http://www.Atlantaregional.Org or request data through mail from the ARC at: Environmental Planning Division, Atlanta Regional Commission, 229 Peachtree St., NE, International Tower Suite a hundred, Atlanta, GA 30303; ATTN: Source Water AssessmentWhere Does My Drinking Water Come From? The Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority has(2) surface water assets offering two treatment facilities. The Wyckoff Treatment Division is supplied from Allatoona Lake, a Corps of Engineers impoundment in north Cobb, south Cherokee and south Bartow counties. The Quarles Treatment Division receives water from the Chattahoochee River. After treatment at this vegetation, water is transported to numerous regions within Cobb County and then is fed into the City of Powder Springs distribution lines and eventually to your property or commercial enterprise.How Is My Water Treated? The procedure starts offevolved via pumping untreated water from Allatoona Lake or the Chattahoochee River into sedimentation basins where big debris are eliminated and the water is disinfected. The water is then directed to a method called flocculation, which is a mild mixing of the water with a coagulant. This lets in debris, known as “floc”, to form and settle, clarifying the water. Next, the water is put via a filtration device where water flows through sand filters, trapping even smaller debris. After filtration, chemical substances are delivered for the very last disinfection. Except for chlorine and fluoride, every chemical used in the remedy manner is eliminated before the finished water is shipped to you.Why Are There Contaminants? The assets of ingesting water (each faucet and bottled water) encompass rivers, lakes, streams, ponds, reservoirs, springs, and wells. As water travels over the floor of the land or through the floor, it dissolves occurring minerals, and in some instances radioactive fabric and may pick out up substances as a consequence of the presence of animals or human activity. There are contaminants that may be present in uncooked (untreated) water inclusive of: Microbial Contaminants, such as viruses and bacteria, which come from sewage treatment flora, septic systems, agricultural livestock operations, and natural world Inorganic Contaminants, such as salts and metals, which may be certainly taking place or end result from urban typhoon water runoff, commercial or home wastewater discharges, oil and gasoline manufacturing, mining or farming Pesticides and Herbicides, which may additionally come from an expansion of sources which include agriculture, typhoon water runoff, and residential uses Organic chemical contaminants, along with synthetic (guy-made) and risky organics, which can be by using-merchandise of commercial tactics and petroleum manufacturing, or waste from gas stations, urban hurricane water runoff, and septic systems Radioactive Contaminants, happens naturally or on account of gasoline and oil production and mining activities.

Q. What is the first step to filming in Westchester? How do I find out if the project I want to do is feasible? A. Complete the net Letter of Intent, presenting as much information as you currently have. We'll review it with the location in which you are involved and reply to you as fast as viable.Q. Where is the Westchester film office positioned; what are the hours and contacts? A. Westchester County Film is located at 148 Martine Avenue, Suite 104 in White Plains. Office hours are Monday - Friday, 9 a.M. To 5 p.M. Our primary contact is Barry Surman. You may additionally touch him by using email at bsurman@visitwestchesterny.Com or through phone at (914) 995-8501) Q. How a good deal time is wanted to get the popularity of filming? A. Once we get hold of your letter of intent, approve and confirm approval of your filming and acquire your proof of right coverage, a vicinity agreement/permit will be organized and sent to you inside forty-eight hours. We require the signed notarized settlement, proof of proper coverage and full price before filming can begin.Q. Do I need a allow from Westchester County if my vicinity isn't always county-owned? How do I find contacts and facts for filming in Westchester municipalities? A. You do not need a county to allow for non-county properties, but we're here that will help you find your perfect location. We do respect being counseled whilst and where you're making plans to a movie – we love to recognize what is being filmed in Westchester. Each municipality has rules and rules for filming and lots of do have a allow technique. Read our Guide to Municipal Filming for further statistics.Q. What's the exceptional manner to locate a selected location if I am unexpected with Westchester County? A. When you publish your Letter of Intent, connect an image, storyboard or sketch, and we can do our pleasant to locate and propose an area for you.Q. May I film at Westchester County Airport? A. Filming is authorized on a restrained foundation and ought to be done in off-hours, especially after eleven p.M. On weekdays. Other preparations can be made, frequently with personal operators on the airport, so make certain to present as much info as viable in your Letter of Intent.Q. Are there fashionable region charges for filming in Westchester? A. No, each charge is decided based totally on the scope of the project and the finances.Q. Is it viable to movie a scholar assignment in Westchester County? A. Yes, it's miles, and we welcome pupil filming. Simply entire the online Letter of Intent.Q. How do I get approval to take photos of my wedding ceremony or different personal photographs at a county-owned park? A. Call (914) 231-4575, and they'll provide information for buying a allow.Q. May I movie in a county nature center or maintain? A. No, filming isn't permitted in those areas..