Frankfort Municipal Water Works
2nd Annual Consumer Confidence Report
Wesley Hyden, Supt.
(765) 654-5556
frawworks@accs.net


Utility Board Meetings
1st and 3rd Mondays of each month
7:00 P.M.
16 N. Main St., 2nd floor
Frankfort, IN 46041

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, 1999. 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:

Microbial contaminants, such as viruses and bacteria, which may come from sewage treatment plants, septic systems, agricultural livestock operations, and wildlife.

Inorganic contaminants, such as salts and metals, which can be naturally-occurring or results from urban stormwater runoff, industrial or domestic wastewater discharges, oil and gas production, mining, or farming.

Pesticides and herbicides, which may come from a variety of sources such as agriculture, urban stormwater runoff, and residential uses.

Organic chemical contaminants, including synthetic and volatile organic chemicals, which are byproducts of industrial processes and petroleum production, and can also come from gas stations, urban stormwater runoff, and septic systems.

Radioactive contaminants, which can be naturally-occurring or be the result of oil and gas production and mining activities.

In order to ensure that tap water is safe to drink, EPA prescribes regulations which limit the amount of certain contaminants in water provided by public water systems. Food and Drug Administration regulations establish limits for contaminants in bottled water which must provide the same protection for public health."

Contaminent	Violation - Yes / No	Level Detected	Unit of Measurement	MCLG	MCL	Likely Source of Contamination
Radioactive Contaminants
Alpha Emitters	No	3.0	pCi/l	0	15 pCi/L	Erosion of Natural Deposits
Inorganic Contaminants
Barium *	No	.008	ppm	2	2	Erosion of Natural Deposits
Copper	No	.409	ppm	1.3	AL=1.3	Corrosion of household plumbing
Lead	No	.001	ppm	0	AL=.005	Corrosion of household plumbing
Sodium	No	22	ppm	NA	NA	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 1998.

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:

Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL): The highest level of a contaminant that is allowed in drinking water. MCL's are set as close to the MCLG's as feasible using the best available treatment technology.

Maximum Contaminant Level Goal (MCLG): The highest level of a a contaminant in drinking water below which there is no known or expected risk to health. MCLG's allow for a margin of safety.

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 (ug/l): One part per billion corresponds to one minute in 2,000 years, or a single penny in $10,000,000.

Action Level: The concentration of a contaminant which, if exceeded, triggers treatment or other requirements which a water system must follow.

Picocuries per liter (pCi/L): picocuries per liter is a measure of radioactivity in water.

BDL: Below Detection Level - A result of "0", is no longer valid, as the laboratory instuments become more and more sophisticated, we are only allowed to report a result as "Below Detection Level", and not to report it as a "0" amount.

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.

MTBE (Methyl-Tertiary-Butyl-Ether)

This past winter, there was a television news program devoted to the gasoline additive MTBE. The additive is mostly used in large urban areas, where it helps lower air polution from vehicles. It has been found that if the gasoline that holds this compound should leak from a tank, the MTBE within that fuel can very quickly contaminate underground water supplies. Indiana was shown as one of the states that had an MTBE contamination problem. We immediately contacted one of our labs, and had the test run upon our wells. As of January 21, 2000, the Frankfort Water Works wells are all free of the compound MTBE. We will add this compound to our list of things we'll test for, and future updates will be included in our report.