2022 Consumer Confidence Report (Water Quality)
The 2022 Consumer Confidence Report (CCR) is now available. This annual report on the water quality from our wells was published June 22, 2023 and covers the time from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022.
The enclosed pdf gives all of the information you need to make informed decisions about your water quality. In summary, our water continues to be excellent, although hard. The hardness was given as 383.33ppm (a little softer than the previous year which was 391.7ppm). You may recall that we had an issue with bacteria at two well sites this winter—those were a side-effect of the heavy rains that did not happen until after December 31, and so are not reflected in this report.
The table on the last page calls out two items this year:
Iron in wells A & B: Just like last year, the iron level in two of our wells exceed what’s called the “secondary maximum containment level (MCL).” This is not a concern, for two reasons: (1) The water from those wells is diluted with water from other wells with lower iron content, so the overall iron levels are well below the MCL and (2) Iron is not a health hazard, it’s just a potential cosmetic problem as it can stain sinks, fixtures and laundry, and may have an unpleasant odor. Since the water from wells A & B is diluted by the other wells, you should not experience any of the unpleasant effects.
Our Manganese levels in Well 4 exceeded the “Secondary Maximum Containment Level (MCL)”. Like we do with iron, water from wells with Manganese is blended with water from other wells to bring the total down to the recommended levels. NVIRO and the Board are currently evaluating the condition of our manganese filtration system to determine if repair or replacement is needed.
Note that there was no excess of “Specific Conductance and Total Dissolved Solids” as we saw last year.
