Princeton Water Department

Sources of Drinking Water The sources of drinking water (both tap water and bottled water) include streams, lakes, streams, fish ponds, reservoirs, springs, and groundwater wells. While water travels within the surface of the property or through the floor, it dissolves naturally-occurring minerals and, in some instances, radioactive material, and may pick up substances caused by the presence of animals or perhaps from human activity. The source of water originates from groundwater, situated in the Sankoty aquifer, from four water wells located near the drinking water treatment plant. Pollutants that may be present in resource water include: · Microbial contaminants, including viruses and bacterias, which may come from sewerage treatment plants, solid waste systems, agricultural animals operations and animals. · Inorganic pollutants, such as salts and metals, which can be natural or result from city stormwater runoff, industrial, or household wastewater discharges, gas and oil production, mining, or perhaps farming. · & nitrogen-laden herbicides, which may originate from a variety of sources including agriculture, urban surprise water runoff, and residential uses. · Organic chemical pollutants, including synthetic and volatile organic chemical substances, which are by-products of business processes and petroleum production, and can likewise come from gas stations, city stormwater runoff, and septic devices. · Radioactive pollutants, which can be naturally-occurring or perhaps be the result of gas and oil production and exploration activities. Other Information about Drinking Water 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 can be obtained by getting in touch with the EPA's A safe drinking water supply Hotline at (800) 426-4791. In order to make sure that tap water is safe to imbibe, EPA prescribes rules which limit the quantity of certain contaminants found in water provided by general public water systems. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION regulations establish limitations for contaminants found in bottled water which need to provide the same safety for public health. Many people may be more vulnerable to contaminants in water than the general populace. Immuno-compromised persons including persons with malignancy undergoing chemotherapy, individuals who have undergone body organ transplants, people with HIV/AIDS or other defense mechanisms disorders, some seniors and infants could be particularly at risk coming from infections. These people ought to seek advice regarding drinking water from their physicians. EPA/CDC guidelines about appropriate means to reduce the risk of infection simply by Cryptosporidium and other microbes contaminants are available from your Safe Drinking Water Hotline (800-426-4791). Source Water Tests Source water safety (SWP) is a positive approach to protecting the critical sources of general public water supply and guaranteeing that the best supply of water is being employed to serve the public. This involves implementation of pollution prevention methods to protect the water top quality in a watershed or perhaps wellhead protection region serving a general public water supply. Along with treatment, it determines a multi-barrier method of assuring clean and a safe drinking water supply to the citizens of Illinois. The The state of Illinois EPA has applied a source drinking water assessment program (SWAP) to assist with wellhead and watershed safety of public water supplies. We want the valued customers to become informed about their drinking water quality. If you would like to find out more, please feel pleasant to attend any of the regularly scheduled conferences. They are held the first and 1 / 3 Mondays of each month at 7: 00 pm at the Princeton City Hall. The origin water assessment intended for our supply is done by the Illinois ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY. If you would like a copy of the information, please visit the Water Plant or perhaps call our drinking water operator at 815-872-0811. To view an updated summary of the Resource Water Assessments, which includes: Importance of Source Drinking water; Susceptibility to Contaminants Determination; and documentation/recommendation of Source Drinking water Protection Efforts, you might access the The state of Illinois EPA website in http://www.epa.state.il.us/cgi-bin/wp/swap-fact-sheets.pl. The Princeton Community Water Supply gathers source water coming from four wells within a confined aquifer. The Illinois EPA offers determined that the Princeton Community Water Supply's source water is usually not susceptible to contaminants. This determination is founded on a number of criteria which includes; monitoring conducted in the wells; monitoring carried out at the entry point towards the distribution system; and available hydrogeological info on the wells. The Illinois EPA at the moment has not updated the Source Water Evaluation Plan. Please gain access to the Illinois ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY website at http://dataservices. EPA. Illinois. gov/swap/factsheet. aspx for the most updated Source Water Safety Assessment..

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