 We
are very pleased to provide you with this year's Annual
Quality Water Report. We want to keep you informed about the
excellent water and services we have delivered to you over
the past year. Our goal is and always has been, to provide
to you a safe and dependable supply of drinking water. Our
water source is well water from the Miami Valley Aquifer.
We have a source water protection plan available from our
office that provides more information such as potential
sources of contamination.
We are pleased to report that our drinking water is safe and
meets federal and state requirements. If you have any
questions about your water utility please contact Mr. Sonny
Lewis, Director of Public Works, City of Franklin, (937)
746-5001. If you have any questions about the water we
drink, please contact Earth Tech at the Franklin Water
Treatment Plant (937) 743-2594. We want our valued customers
to be informed about their water utility and the quality of
our drinking water.
Certified water treatment plant operators from the Franklin
Department of Public Works and the Franklin Water Treatment
Plant routinely monitor for constituents in your drinking
water according to Federal and State laws. The following
table shows the results of our monitoring for the period of
January 1st to December 31st, 2002. All drinking water,
including bottled drinking water, may be reasonably expected
to contain at least small amounts of some constituents. It's
important to remember that the presence of these
constituents does not necessarily pose a health risk.
In this table you will find many terms and abbreviations you
might not be familiar with. To help you better understand
these terms we've provided the following definitions:
Parts per million (ppm) or Milligrams per liter (mg/l) - one
part per million corresponds to one minute in two years or a
single penny in $10,000.
Parts per billion (ppb) or Micrograms per liter - one part
per billion corresponds to one minute in 2,000 years, or a
single penny in $10,000,000.
Picocuries per liter (pCi/L) -
picocuries per liter is a measure of the radioactivity in
water.
Millirems per year (mrem/yr) - measure of radiation absorbed
by the body.
Action Level - the concentration of a contaminant which, if
exceeded, triggers treatment or other requirements which a
water system must follow.
Maximum Contaminant Level - The “Maximum Allowed” (MCL) is
the highest level of a contaminant that is allowed in
drinking water. MCLs are set as close to the MCLGs as
feasible using the best available treatment technology.
Maximum Contaminant Level Goal - The “Goal”(MCLG) is the
level of a contaminant in drinking water below which there
is no known or expected risk to health. MCLGs allow for a
margin of safety.
Other possible contaminates are monitored on a regular
cycle. The following contaminates are not in our water
supply: coliform bacteria, turbidity, alpha emitters,
antimony, arsenic, asbestos, beryllium, cadmium, chromium,
cyanide, mercury, nitrite (as nitrogen), selenium, thallium,
2,4-D, alachlor, atrazine, benzo(a)pyrene (PAH), hexachloro-benzene,
hexachloro-cyclopentadiene, pentachlorophenol, simazine,
benzene, carbon tetrachloride, chlorobenzene,
o-dichlorobenzene, p-dichlorobenzene, 1,2-dichloroethane,
1,1-dichloroethylene, cis-1,2-ichloroethylene,
trans-1,2-dichloroethylene, dichloromethane,
1,2-dichloropropane, ethylbenzene, styrene,
tetrachloroethylene, 1,2,4-trichloro-benzene,
1,1,1,-trichloroethane, 1,1,2,-trichloroethane,
trichloroethylene, toluene, vinyl chloride, and xylenes.
Infants and young children
are typically more vulnerable to lead in drinking water than
the general population. It is possible that lead levels at
your home may be higher than at other homes in the community
as a result of materials used in your home’s plumbing. If
you are concerned about elevated lead levels in your home’s
water, you may wish to have your water tested and flush your
tap for 30 seconds to 2 minutes before using tap water.
Additional information is available from the Safe Drinking
Water Hotline (1-800-426-4791).
As you can see by the table, our system had no violations.
We’re proud that your drinking water meets or exceeds all
Federal and State requirements. We have learned through our
monitoring and testing that some constituents have been
detected. The EPA has determined that your water is SAFE at
these levels.
All drinking water, including bottled water, may reasonably
be expected to contain at least small amounts of some
contaminants. The presence of contaminants does not
necessarily indicate that the water poses a health risk.
More information about contaminants and potential health
effects can be obtained by calling the Environmental
Protection Agency’s Safe Drinking Water Hotline at
1-800-426-4791.
MCL’s are set at very stringent levels. To understand the
possible health effects described for many regulated
constituents, a person would have to drink 2 liters of water
every day at the MCL level for a lifetime to have a
one-in-a-million chance of having the described health
effect.
Nitrates: As a precaution we always notify physicians and
health care providers in this area if there is ever a higher
than normal level of nitrates in the water supply.
Lead: Lead in drinking water is rarely the sole cause of
lead poisoning, but it can add to a person's total lead
exposure. All potential sources of lead in the household
should be identified and removed, replaced or reduced.
TTHMs [Total trihalomethanes]: Some people who drink water
containing trihalomethanes in excess of the MCL over many
years may experience problems with their liver, kidneys or
central nervous systems, and may have an increased risk of
getting cancer.
In our continuing efforts to
maintain a safe and dependable water supply it may be
necessary to make improvements in your water system. The
costs of these improvements may be reflected in the rate
structure. Rate adjustments may be necessary in order to
address these improvements.
Thank you for allowing us to continue providing your family
with clean, quality water this year. In order to maintain a
safe and dependable water supply we sometimes need to make
improvements that will benefit all of our customers. These
improvements are sometimes reflected as rate structure
adjustments. Thank you for understanding.
Some people may be more vulnerable to contaminants in
drinking water than the general population. Immuno-compromised
persons such as persons with cancer undergoing chemotherapy,
persons who have undergone organ transplants, people with
HIV/AIDS or other immune system disorders, some elderly, and
infants can be particularly at risk from infections. These
people should seek advice about drinking water from their
health care providers. EPA/CDC guidelines on appropriate
means to lessen the risk of infection by cryptosporidium and
other microbiological contaminants are available from the
Safe Drinking Water Hotline (800-426-4791).
Please call our office if you have questions. |
