This report contains important information about your drinking water. Please translate it, or speak with someone who understands it.
Este informe contiene información muy importante sobre su agua beber. Tradúzcalo ó hable con alguien que lo entienda bien.
Frankfort's water supply is totally from groundwater, and is pumped from 9 different wells, which are located in two different aquifers that lay near the City of Frankfort. One aquifer is approximately 100-120 feet deep, and the other is approximately 280-300 feet deep. These aquifers are attributed to the Teays Valley, a pre-glacier-age river valley.
If you have any questions about this report, or concerning your water utility, please contact Wesley Hyden, at (765) 654-5556, the dates and times and locations of our Utility Board meetings are listed in the header of the letter. We want our valued customers to be informed about their water utility. If you want to learn more, please attend any of our regularly scheduled meetings. The Frankfort Water Works routinely monitors for constituents in your drinking water according to Federal and State laws. These tables show the results of any items in our monitoring list that were above the detection levels used in the laboratory procedures for the period of January 1 to December 31, 1998. If an item was listed as BDL (Below Detection Level), it was not included. Also listed, are the periodic test results from earlier times, if any material tested for was present during those tests.
Educational Information:
"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 water poses a health risk. More information about contaminants and potential health effects can be obtained by calling the EPA's Safe Drinking Water Hotline (1-800-426-4791).
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 microbial contaminants are available from the Safe Drinking Water Hotline (1-800-426-4791).
The sources of drinking water (both tap water and bottled water) include rivers, lakes, streams, ponds, reservoirs, springs, and wells. As water travels over the surface of the land or through the ground, it dissolves naturally-occurring minerals and, in some cases, radioactive material, and can pick up substances resulting from the presence of animals or from human activity.
Contaminants that may be present in source water include:
| Contaminent | Violation - Yes / No | Level Detected | Unit of Measurement | MCLG | MCL | Likely Source of Contamination |
| Microbiological Contaminants | ||||||
| Total Coliform Bacteria | No | presence - 1 sample out of 240 | presence / abscence | 0 | presence of coliform bacteria in more than ONE sample per month | Naturally present in the environment |
| Radioactive Contaminants | ||||||
| Alpha Emitters | No | 3.0 | pCi/l | 0 | 15 pCi/L | Erosion of Natural Deposits |
| Inorganic Contaminants | ||||||
| Barium * | No | .36 | ppm | 2 | 2 | Erosion of Natural Deposits |
| Copper | No | .418 | ppm | 1.3 | AL=1.3 | Corrosion of household plumbing |
| Fluoride * | No | .93 | ppm | 4 | 4 | Erosion of natural deposits |
| Nitrate (as Nitrogen) | No | 1.2 | ppm | 10 | 10 | Erosion of Natural Deposits |
| Organic Contaminants | ||||||
| Total Trihalomethanes | No | BDL to 21 | ppm | 0 | 100 | Byproduct of drinking water chlorination |
* These tests were last run in 1996 and will be run again in 1999.
In the preceding table, you may find many terms and abbreviations that you might not be familiar with. To help you better understand these terms, we've provided the following definitions:
The Consumer Confidence Reports are intended as a means to inform Utility customers of any impending problems, or violations that have occurred through the previous year. As such, ONLY violations or detections are required to be included. There are many items tested for, that were not detected, and were not included in our report. The Frankfort Water Works maintains an internet website, at HTTP://www.accs.net/utilities/water , where we shall list the full reports as we receive them. If you're interested and would like to view these reports, we'd hope you would do so.
Please call our office if you have questions, (765) 654-5556.
There has been alot of concern expressed, about the abilities of the utilities to function upon the arrival of the Year 2000. As you may or may not know, many of the older computers, and controllers that rely on a date, will not be able to function as of 1/1/2000. For the Frankfort Water Works, we have a computer system for our controllers, that has been upgraded, and we believe it will work properly. In the event that it does not, it is a simple matter of switching the entire system to "hand" operation, and it can be operated quite efficiently. Our one concern, is a power outage. We do have generators at our treatment plants and well sites, and shall be able to provide water through any power outages that might occur. We believe that the power utilities across the country are prepared, but in the event that there is a problem, we will be able to provide water service. I'm sure there will be more information on this item as we near the end of 1999.