West Virgina American Water Company - Huntington District

Commonly Asked Queries Is there lead within my water? Although all of us regularly test lead levels in your water to drink, business lead and/or copper amounts at your home may be larger because of materials utilized in your plumbing. If present, elevated amounts of lead can potentially trigger health problems, especially for women that are pregnant and young children. Put into effect steps to reduce the possibility of lead to leach out of your pipes into the normal water. This is accomplished by adding a corrosion inhibitor to the water departing our treatment services. If you are concerned about practical elevated levels, operate your faucet to get 30 seconds to two minutes before making use of your water; use chilly water for cooking food, drinking, or producing baby formula; employ low lead that contains faucets; and when changing or working on piping, use lead-free solder. West Virginia American Water remains completely compliance with all of the requirements dealing with lead found in drinking water. More information exists from the National Business lead Information Center (800) 424-5323, or the A safe drinking water supply Hotline (800) 426- 4791, or by http://www.epa.gov/safewater/lead. How hard is usually my water? Firmness is a measure of the concentration of two minerals, calcium and magnesium, naturally within the water. Hardness amounts range from 85 to 140 pm or perhaps 5 to 8 grain per gallon of water. How much salt is in my drinking water? The sodium level is approximately 13 ppm (or mg/L). Precisely what is the pH (acidity) range of my normal water? Water in the division system averages several. 1 pH models. A pH of seven. 0 is considered natural, neither acidic neither alkaline. Is there fluoride-based in my water? Western Virginia American Drinking water adds fluoride into a level of near zero. 69 ppm to help in the prevention of dental cavities. The Drinking Water Supply The Bluefield Valley Waterworks buys all of its drinking water from the Bluefield Area of West Va American Water. The drinking water is supplied simply by surface water by three area reservoirs that receive normal water from local suspension systems. Each reservoir is by a dam and is used individually or perhaps combined to supply drinking water for the system. Find out more about local reservoirs and waterways at https://watersgeo.epa.gov/mywaterway. The West Va Department of Health insurance and Human Resources (DHHR) finished a source normal water assessment of these reservoirs in April the year 2003 to meet the Federal requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Take action. The study looked at the drainage area and ranked its susceptibility to contamination. DHHR ranked the susceptibility medium because the reservoirs are surface drinking water bodies exposed over a ground. To get a duplicate of the assessment, get in touch with DHHR at (304) 356-4298 or check out: https://www.wvdhhr.org/oehs/eed/swap. Protecting The Drinking Water Supply Safeguarding drinking water at its resource is an important part of offering high-quality water. It requires a community effort to safeguard our shared assets. This includes utilities, businesses, residents, government agencies and community organizations. Everybody who lives, functions, and plays inside the area has a part and stake in clean water materials. What Can You Do? Top-quality drinking water starts upstream. Everyone can help maintain and improve drinking water products through the following activities: • Dispose of pharmaceutical drugs, household chemicals, skin oils and paints in proper waste collection sites. Materials can easily impact waterways if poured down the drain, purged down the toilet, or perhaps dumped on the ground. • Clean up after the pets and limit the use of fertilizers and pesticides. • Examine your septic program and have it maintained - usually every single 3 to 5 years. • Look for local for you to take part in watershed actions. • Report virtually any spills, illegal throwing or suspicious activity to DEP for 1-800-642-3074. What Are All of us Doing? Our eyesight is Clean Water for a lifetime. Our priority is usually to provide reliable, top-quality drinking water for the customers, and each of our sources of supply is surely an important part of this mission. We work to comprehend and reduce potential hazards to your drinking water source. We have developed a Source Water Security Plan under express requirements. The plan comes with an updated examination and actions to deal with potential threats. Each of our strategies includes positive outreach, contaminant info, monitoring, emergency readiness, and policy insight. A copy of the strategy is available online by www.westvirginiaamwater.com under the Normal water Quality & Stewardship > Origin Water Protection menu. We welcome suggestions anytime through the online feedback contact form. Here are a few activity shows from 2018: • Clean Streams: We all hosted a collection celebration to dispose of dangerous household materials. This can help reduce pollution keeping these materials away from waterways. An overall total of 284 vehicles participated. We gathered and disposed of much more than 20, 000 pounds of hazardous materials. A DHHR give and partnership with all the City of Charleston and Habitat for Mankind ReStore helped get this event a success. For additional information on local harmful waste disposal locations, go to cleanstreamswv. com..

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