This was the Annual Water Quality Report for 2004.
Substance (units) |
MCL |
Weighted Average |
Range Low-High |
Violation |
Arsenic (ppb) |
50 |
4.6 |
ND — 11 |
No |
Barium (ppm |
1 |
ND |
ND — 0.22 |
No |
Chromium (ppb) |
50 |
17 |
2 — 50 |
No |
Flouride (ppm) |
2 |
0.20 |
ND — 0.4 |
No |
Gross Alpha (pCi/L) |
15 |
2.9 |
0.49 — 7.08 |
No |
Gross Beta (pCi/L) |
50 |
1.8 |
ND — 4.15 |
No |
Nickle (ppb) |
100 |
ND |
ND — 10 |
No |
Nitrate (ppm) |
45 |
14 |
2 — 54 |
No |
Selenium (ppb) |
50 |
8.6 |
ND — 36 |
No |
Total Coliforms (%+) |
5% |
1.3 |
NA |
No |
Trichloroethylene [TCE] (ppb) |
5 |
<0.50 |
ND — 0.64 |
No |
Total Trihalomethanes (ppb) |
80 |
<4.1 |
ND — 4.1 |
No |
Copper (ppb) (2003 test) |
No |
Lead (ppb) (2003 test) |
No |
Choloride (ppm) |
500 |
56 |
13 — 190 |
No |
Iron (ppb) |
300 |
ND |
ND — 760 |
No |
Manganese (ppb) |
50 |
19 |
ND — 100 |
No |
Specific Conductance (umhos/cm) |
1,600 |
907 |
480 — 1,600 |
No |
Sulfate (ppm) |
500 |
77 |
23 —290 |
No |
Total Dissolved Solids [TDS] (ppm) |
1,000 |
554 |
290 — 1,000 |
No |
Turbidity (NTU) |
5 |
ND |
ND — 5.3 |
No |
- ND — Non-Detect. This is good as it means that the constituent could not be detected at all.
- ppm — parts per million. Roughly the same as 1 inch in 16 miles. ( or for the frat boys: 1 drop vermouth/ 80 fifths gin)
- ppb — parts per billion. The same as having one bad penny in $10 million dollars.