Washington Township MUA

We’re pleased to present to you this 12 months' Annual Water Quality Report. This document is designed to inform you about the water great and offerings we supply to you every day. Our consistent intention is to provide you with a secure and reliable supply of consuming water. We want you to apprehend the efforts we make to constantly improve the water remedy system and shield our water assets. We are dedicated to making sure the high-quality of your water and are pleased to file that our consuming water is secure and meets all Federal and State requirements. All of our water supply is floor water. We have 16 wells. We draw water from 3 extraordinary aquifers. There are 8 wells in the Potomac-Raritan-Magothy Aquifer, five in the Cohansey Aquifer, and 3 inside the Mt. LaurelWenonah Aquifer. Our remedy facilities include including fluoride to keep most useful attention of .08 to one.2 elements according to million at some stage in the machine, including lime to hold the pH above 7, including a corrosion inhibitor and including chlorine for disinfection. There is an air stripping process at our Well 18 website online to put off all strains of unstable natural compounds. This assignment turned into funded employing the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Agency. The NJDEP Spill Fund additionally provided finances to construct an air stripping technique at Well 16 to do away with unstable organics. The WTMUA received a low hobby mortgage from NJDEP to construct a radium elimination plant at wells 10 and 11 in 2005. The preliminary price turned into about four million bucks. The WTMUA is presently the use of the identical technology and device on the Well 18 site. The flora will ensure we meet each contemporary and future radiological necessities even as imparting secure, great consuming water. In 2016 the WTMUA once again received a low-interest loan from the NJEIT to drill an alternative nicely for Well 2 and to construct a proper residence for Well eight. The WTMUA was also capable of painting the 3 million gallon tank on Egg Harbor Rd. And the standpipe on Fries Mill Rd. To hold a safe and reliable water supply, we occasionally want to make upgrades together with the Radium Treatment Plants to advantage all of our clients. These upgrades are now and then reflected as charge structure changes. We agree within training and strongly urge our personnel to wait for numerous instructions and seminars on water treatment techniques and distribution system operations. The Superintendent holds the required and further Water Treatment and Water Distribution Licenses. Eight different personnel additionally keep various State Licenses. In the desk that follows, you may discover many phrases and abbreviations you won't be acquainted with. To help you better apprehend these terms, we’ve supplied the subsequent definitions: Non-Detects (ND) - laboratory analysis suggests that the constituent is not gifted. Parts in step with million (ppm) or Milligrams according to a liter (mg/l) - one part in keeping with million corresponds to one minute in years or a single penny in $10,000. Parts in line with billion (ppb) or Micrograms in step with liter - one component in keeping with billion corresponds to 1 minute in 2,000 years or a unmarried penny in $10,000,000. Parts consistent with trillion (ppt) or Nanograms in line with liter (nanograms/l) - one element in line with trillion corresponds to one minute in 2,000,000 years, or a single penny in $10,000,000,000. Parts in keeping with quadrillion (ppq) or Picograms according to liter (picograms/l) - one part according to quadrillion corresponds to 1 minute in 2,000,000,000 years, or a unmarried penny in 10,000,000,000,000. Picocuries per liter (PCI/L) - picocuries in line with liter is a measure of the radioactivity in water. Millirems in step with yr (mrem/yr) degree of radiation absorbed by the frame. Million Fibers in step with Liter (MFL) - a million fibers in step with liter is a degree of the presence of asbestos fibers which are longer than 10 micrometers..

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