South Stickny SD

T/e sources of ?rinking drinking water (bot/ ta1 drinking water an? bottled? water) inclu?e ri?ers? lakes? strea. s? 1on?s? reser?oirs? s1rings?a? wells' water tra?els o?er t/e surface area of t/e lan? or t/roug/ t/e groun?? it ?issol?es naturally-occurring. inerals?a? may 1ick u1 chemicals resulting fro. t/e 1resence of ani. als or fro. /u. an acti?ity??onta. inants t/at. ay be 1resent in source water include?e? ? *microbial conta?infants ? suc/ because of ?viruses a? bacteria? w/ic/. ay company. e fro. sewerage treat. ent 1lants?se1tic syste. s? farming li?Estock o1erations? a? wild?life? ? Inorganic conta?infants ? such/ as salts an?. etals? w/ic/ could be naturally-occurring or effect fro. urbanstor. drinking water runoff? in?ustrial or perhaps ?o. estic sewage ?is/arges? oil a? gas 1ro?deduction?. ining? or far. ing? ? 'esticides and herbicides& w/ic/. ay, co. e fro. an ?ariety of sources suc/ because of agriculture? urban v? sentlig. water runoff? a? resi?ential uses? ? +rganic che?ical conta?inants ? inclu?ing synt/etic an? ?olatile organic and natural c/e. icals? w/ic/ are by-1ro?uctsof in?ustrial 1rocesses a? 1etroleu. 1ro?uction? ? may also co. e fro. gas stations? city stor. water runoff? a? se1tic site. s? ? #adioactive conta?infants ? w/ic/ can be naturally-occurring or perhaps be t/e consequence of oil a? gas 1ro?action an?. ining acti?ities? ?n or?er to ensure t/at ta1 water is safe to ?rink? &?' 1rescribes regulations w/ic/ li. it t/e a. ount of certainconta. tenants in drinking water 1ro?I?e? by 1ublic water site. s? ?%' regulations establis/ li. its intended for conta. inants found in bottle?water w/ic/. ust 1ro?I?e t/e social fear. e 1rotection intended for 1ublic /ealt/?%rinking water? inclu?ing bottle? water?. ay reasonably become e#1ecte? to consist of at least h. all a. ounts of so. econta. inants? T/e 1resence of conta. inants ?oes not necessarily in?icate t/at water 1oses a /ealt/ risk? ?oreinfor. ation regarding conta. inants a? 1otential /ealt/ results can be obtaine? simply by calling t/e &n?iron. ental ?rotection'gency?s Safe and sound %rinking +ater 8otline (*00-426-479$)?So. e 1eo1le. ay be. ore ?ulnerable to conta. inants in ?rinking water t/a t/e general 1o1ulation? ?.. uno-co. 1ro. ise? 1ersons suc/ while 1ersons wit/ malignancy un?ergoing c/e. ot/era1y? 1ersons w/o /a?e un?ergone organtrans1lants? 1eo1le wit/ 8?:; '?%S or ot/er we.. une syste. ?isor?ers? so. e el?erly? an infant could be 1articularly at risk fro. infections? T/ese 1eo1le s/oul? seek a cube of ice about ?rinking drinking water fro. t/eir /ealt/ care 1ro?i?ers? &?'; ?%?gui?elines on a11ro1riate. eans to lessen t/e risk of infection simply by, ryptosporidiu? an? ot/er. icrobial conta. inants can be obtaine? simply by calling t/e &n?iron. ent ?rotection 'gency?s Safe %rinking +ater 8otline (*00-426-479$)??f 1resent? ele?ate? le?els of lea? can cause severe /ealt/ 1roble. s? es1ecially for 1regnant wo. en a? young c/il?ren? electronic t/e 1otential intended for lea? e#1osure simply by touches of flu/ing your ta1 for 30 second?s to 2. minutes before using drinking water for ?drinking or cooking? ?f you are concerned? about lea? in your water? you. ay wis/ to /an?e your drinking water teste?? ?nfor. rules on lea?in ?rinking water? testing. et/o?s? a? ste1s you may make to. ini. i> e e#1osure is usually an?ailable fro. t/e Safe %rinking +ater 8otline or in http-.. www$epa$gov. safewater. lead.

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