S E Daviess County Water District

We’re pleased to provide you with this year’s Annual Drinking Water Quality Report. This file is designed to inform you about the first-rate water and services we supply to you each day. Our constant intention is to provide you with a safe and dependable delivery of drinking water. We need you to understand the efforts we make to constantly make certain the nice of your water. Your water does now not come from the Ohio River, however, as an alternative, it begins out by being drawn via Owensboro Municipal Utilities (OMU) from an underground aquifer placed alongside the Ohio River. The water is filtered to this aquifer as it passes down through layers of the earth. Once OMU attracts the water from the aquifer, it then aerates, softens, chlorinates, filters, and adds fluoride and polyphosphate to treat the groundwater to the relevant standards which represent the water you drink and use every day. We, in turn, pump the water from OMU and distribute it to you; our valued patron. We’re pleased to report that your consuming water is safe and meets Federal and State requirements. This report will display our water first-rate and what it method. Drinking water, inclusive of bottled water, might also fairly be anticipated to include at the least small amounts of some contaminants. The presence of contaminants does no longer always imply that water poses a fitness risk. More data approximately contaminants and capacity fitness consequences can be acquired by using calling the Environmental Protection Agency’s Safe Drinking Water Hotline (800-426-4791). The sources of consuming water (each tap water and bottled water) include rivers, lakes, streams, ponds, reservoirs, springs, and wells. As water travels over the surface of the land or via the floor, it dissolves evidently-taking place minerals and, in some instances, radioactive material, and can pick out up substances resulting from the presence of animals or human pastime. Contaminants that may be found in supply water include A) Microbial contaminants, together with viruses and micro organisms, which can come from sewage treatment plant life, septic structures, agricultural livestock operations, and the natural world. B) Inorganic contaminants, which include salts and metals, may be the certainly-taking place or result from urban stormwater runoff, business or home wastewater discharges, oil and gasoline production, mining, or farming. C) Pesticides and herbicides, which can also come from a selection of sources inclusive of agriculture, urban stormwater runoff, and residential uses. D) Organic chemical contaminants, inclusive of synthetic and unstable organic chemical substances, which are with the aid of-merchandise of commercial approaches and petroleum manufacturing, and can also come from gasoline stations, city stormwater runoff, and septic systems. E) Radioactive contaminants, which may be naturally- happening or be the result of oil and gasoline manufacturing and mining activities. To ensure that tap water is safe to drink, U.S. EPA prescribes policies that restrict the number of sure contaminants in water supplied through public water systems. FDA regulations set up limits for contaminants in bottled water that shall provide the identical protection for public fitness. Some humans may be more prone to contaminants in drinking water than the general population. Immunocompromised persons including individuals with most cancers undergoing chemotherapy, people who've passed through organ transplants, people with HIV/AIDS or different immune machine issues, some elderly, and toddlers can be especially at risk from infections. These people ought to are seeking recommendation about drinking water from their health care carriers. EPA/CDC suggestions on appropriate ways to lessen the hazard of contamination by way of cryptosporidium and other microbiological contaminants are available from the Safe Drinking Water Hotline (800-426-4791). If you want to examine more about our water machine, you could acquire a Source Water Assessment from the Green River Area Development District at 3860 U. S. Highway 60 West. The Source Water Assessment rated the water delivers susceptibility to capability resources of infection within the wellhead safety region to be moderate. There are a total of two,024 capability sources of infection with the following susceptibility rankings: 263 high, 1,746 medium, and 15 low. The resources of excessive capability effect include above floor garage tanks, underground garage tanks, automotive related centers, laundry centers, petroleum providers, and commercial land use. Some moderate potential sources of infection consist of professional workplaces, food carrier facilities, hair care centers, scientific or veterinary centers, a printer, and a cemetery. This is a summary of the susceptibility evaluation. The entire Susceptibility Analysis Report is likewise to be had at Owensboro Municipal Utilities and the Kentucky Division of Water..

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