2004CCR

Frankfort Municipal Water Works
7th Annual Consumer Confidence Report
January 1, 2004 - December 31, 2004
Wesley Hyden, Supt.
(765) 654-5556
frawworks@accs.net
http://www.accs.net/utilities/water

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, 2004. 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. In 2004, as in years past your tap water met all EPA and Indiana Drinking Water health standards

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

Bacteriological Sampling Yes 3 coliform positive samples within a 30 day period - 4 total for year presence/absence coliform bacteria;presence/absence E.Coli bacteria 0 coliform bacteria;0 E.Coli bacteria 1 coliform bacteria in 30 day period; 0 E.Coli bacteria Operator error in sample collection

Radioactive Contaminants

Radium 228 No 0 to 1.4 pCi/l 0 5 pCi/L Erosion of Natural Deposits

Microbiological

Di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate * No .79 ug/l ppb 0 6 ppb Occurs in plastic waste

Inorganic Contaminants

Barium* No .025 to .026 ppm 2 2 Erosion of Natural Deposits

Copper* No .201 ppm 1.3 AL=1.3 Corrosion of household plumbing

Lead* No .001 ppm 0 AL=.005 Corrosion of household plumbing

Nitrate (as Nitrogen) No .06 to .10 ppm 10 10 Erosion of Natural Deposits

Volatile Organic Compounds

Chlorodibromomethane No BDL to .0028 ppm 0 Unregulated Byproduct of drinking water chlorination

Bromodichloromethane No BDL to .0092 ppm 0 Unregulated Byproduct of drinking water chlorination

Chloroform No BDL to .0137 ppm 0 Unregulated Byproduct of drinking water chlorination

Volatile Organic Compounds

Sodium* No 19 to 21 ppm NA NA Erosion of Natural Deposits

Organic Contaminants

Haloacetic Acids No 3.96 to 16.73 ppb 0 60 Byproduct of drinking water chlorination

Total Trihalomethanes No 9.0 to 43.6 ppb 0 80 Byproduct of drinking water chlorination

* These tests were last run in 2002.

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.

Maximum Residual Disinfectant Level (MRDL): The highest level of disinfectant allowed in the drinking water.

Maximum Residual Disinfectant Level Goal(MRDLG): The level of drinking water disinfectant below which there is no known or expected risk.

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.

Chlorine is used as the disinfectant in Frankfort's water. We regularly test for chlorine and during the year its level was found to be between .5 mg/l and 1.6 mg/l on samples pulled from the areas supplied.

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. During 2004, we did have a violation in our bacteriological sampling. In June of 2004, we experienced three bacteria samples showing positive results for coliform bacteria, and one more in July of 2004. None of these samples tested positive for E.Coli bacteria. We believe that the problem was in our sample collection procedure. We have altered that procedure, and have had no other positive samples since that time. There were no other violations in our testing for 2004.
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.

Our Utility Board Members
Chairman Joe Root 659-2098

Vice-Chairman Mike Mills 654-9857

Fred Fladd 659-1599

Max Clark 659-5422

Tom Ransom

1/26/2005
CCR2003