Our water system violated a drinking water standard.
Although this was not an emergency, as our customers,
you have a right to know what happened and what we did
to correct this situation.
We routinely monitor for drinking water contaminates.
We took twenty sample tests for the presence of coliform
bacteria during the month of June 2007. Two of our samples
showed the presence of total coliform bacteria. The standard
for a water system of our size is that no more than one
sample may do so per month.
This was not an emergency. If it had been, you would
have been notified immediately. Total coliform bacteria
are generally not harmful themselves. Coliforms are bacteria
which are naturally present in the environment and are
used as an indicator that other potentially harmful bacteria
may be present.
Coliforms were found in more samples than allowed and
this was a warning of potential problems. Whenever we
detect coliform bacteria in any sample, we do follow-up
testing to see if other bacteria
of greater concern, such as fecal coliform or E. coli
are present. We did not find any of these bacteria in
our subsequent testing, and additional testing shows that
this problem has been resolved.
Furthermore, repeat samples taken immediately after we
were notified of the problem, as well as samples taken
upstream and downstream of the sites was negative
Since we had not had any other indication of problems
and repeat sampling showed no signs of coliform bacteria,
we contacted the laboratory that samples the sites to
try and identify the source of the problem. We received
a letter from the laboratory which state that there was
an error in the sampling; however because proper procedure
was not followed by the laboratory it was still considered
a violation.
Please share this information with all the people who
drink this water, especially those who may have received
this notice directly (for example, people in apartments,
nursing homes, schools and businesses). You can do this
by posting this public notice in a public place or by
distributing copies by hand or mail.
Please contact our General Manager, Don Hough, at (909)
825-4128 if you have any questions regarding this matter.
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