PWS# 0301668

JC Water Dept.

44 Camden St.

Johnson City, NY

To comply with State regulations, the Johnson City Water Dept. will be annually issuing a report describing the quality of your drinking water. The purpose of this report is to raise your understanding of drinking water and awareness of the need to protect our drinking water sources. This report provides an overview of last year’s water quality. Included are details about where your water comes from, what it contains, and how it compares to State standards. A detailed summary of any analytical results is available at the Johnson City Water Dept. at 44 Camden St., Johnson City, NY. A copy of this report is available at the Johnson City Municipal Services, 243 Main Street, Johnson City, NY. Additional information may also be obtained by calling the Johnson City Water Department at 607-797-2523.

WHERE DOES OUR WATER COME FROM?

In general, 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 activities. Contaminants that may be present in source water include: microbial contaminants; inorganic contaminants; pesticides and herbicides; organic chemical contaminants; and radioactive contaminants. In order to ensure that tap water is safe to drink, the State and the EPA prescribe regulations which limit the amount of certain contaminants in water provided by public water systems. The State Health Department’s and the FDA’s regulations establish limits for contaminants in bottled water which must provide the same protection for public health. A source water assessment was performed for our system. A summary of this assessment has been included with this report.

JOHNSON CITY’S WATER SOURCES:

The sole source of Johnson City’s drinking water is an abundant underground aquifer. There are five wells that are utilized and located throughout the Village. These wells are located on North Broad St., Olive St., and at our main plant on Camden St. in Westover. The total pumping capacity of these wells is 12,000,000 gallons per day. All the Village’s wells that are now in operation meet State and Local monitoring requirements for safe drinking water. In addition, the Village has four reservoir tanks with a holding capacity of 5 million gallons. A major disadvantage with groundwater supply is that the water may be excessively hard and include minerals such as iron and manganese. This is due to the leaching of minerals from the soil. On a positive note, groundwater is less susceptible to microbial contamination such as Cryptosporidium. Please see the following page for a description on water treatment. For more information on water hardness please contact the Johnson City Water Dept.

FACTS AND FIGURES:

Water Sources: The Johnson City Water Department services all of the Village of Johnson City, Town of Maine (Airport Rd.), as well as the Town of Union, including Westover and Fairmont Park. We also provide water to parts of the Town of Dickinson and the Village of Endicott. The population served is approximately 16,890 with 5,800 service connections. There are approximately 70 miles of water mains, with four storage tanks and additional booster stations to serve three different elevation zones. Along with basic water service, there are 525 fire hydrants for fire protection and an additional 16 miles of service lines.

Water Pumped: The total water produced in 2006 was 948 million gallons (an average of 2.5 million gallons per day) with 682 million gallons metered. This leaves an unaccounted total of approximately 266 million gallons of unmetered water. This water was used for fire training, street cleaning, system flushing, water main breaks, to some degree leaking valves, and slow meters.

Water Rates: In 2006, water customers inside the village were charged: $20 for the first 1,000 cu.ft., $.1.68/100 cu.ft. for the next 6000 cu.ft., $.1.55/100 cu.ft. for the next 1,993,000 cu.ft. and $.92/100 cu.ft. for over 2,000,000 cu.ft. Outside the village: $30 for the first 1,000 cu.ft., $2.27/100 cu.ft. for the next 6,000 cu.ft., $2.05/100 cu.ft. for the next 1,993,000 cu.ft. and $.92/100 cu.ft. for over 2,000,000 cu.ft. This equates to less than 1 cent per gallon.

Water Treatment: The Village of Johnson City’s wells are disinfected with either liquid or gas chlorination which is introduced at each well site. At our Camden St. treatment plant, Calciquest (a sequestering agent) is added to stabilize the water being pumped through air-strippers. Air stripping is a process to remove any volatile contaminants that may be present in the raw water.

IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS:

· Billing questions, transfer of service, address change, new service etc.

Call Customer Service: 607-797-2523, 607-798-7861

· Water Emergencies: 607-797-2523 (Monday-Friday 7:00 am-3:30 pm)

All other times call JC Police Dept.: 607-729-9321

· Broome County Health Dept.: 607-778-2887

· New York State Dept. of Health: 1-800-458-1158

· USEPA Safe Drinking Water Hotline: 1-800-426-4791

ARE THERE CONTAMINANTS IN OUR DRINKING WATER?

As the State regulations require, we routinely test your drinking water for numerous contaminants. The enclosed table depicts which compounds were detected in your drinking water. The State allows us to test for some contaminants less than once per year because the concentrations of these contaminants do not change frequently. Some of our data, though representative, are more than one year old.

It should be noted that drinking water, including bottled drinking water, may be reasonably 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 (800-426-4791) or the Broome County Health Dept. at 607-778-2887.

During 2006, the Water Department took a minimum of 244 bacteriological samples from the distribution system, a minimum of 20 per month is required. There were no violations of requirements of Part 5 of the Sanitary Code as it relates to microbiological water quality.

As you can see by the Table of Detected Contaminants, our system had no violations. We have learned through our testing that some contaminants have been detected; however, these contaminants were detected below New York State requirements.

TABLE OF DETECTED CONTAMINANTS

Contaminant	Violation Yes/No	Sample Location	Date of Sample	Level Detected (range)	Unit Measure-ment	MCLG	MCL	Likely Source of Contamination
Inorganic Contaminants
Barium	No	Well #2 Well #3 Well #6	2/23/06 5/17/06 2/23/06	0.068 0.091 0.095	Mg/l	2.0	2.0	Discharge of drilling wastes; discharge from metal refineries; erosion of natural deposits.
Lead^2	No	Distribution System	7/20/04	4.0 (ND-7.0)	Ug/l	0	AL=15	Corrosion of household plumbing systems, erosion of natural deposits.
Copper^2	No	Distribution System	7/20/04	0.025 (ND-0.31)	Mg/l	1.3	AL=1.3	Corrosion of household plumbing systems, erosion of natural deposits.
Nitrate (as Nitrogen)	No	Well #2 Well #3 Well #6	2/23/06 5/17/06 2/23/06	1.40 1.42 2.09	Mg/l	10	10	Runoff from fertilizer use; leaching from septic tanks, sewage; erosion of natural deposits.
Sulfate	No	Well #2 Well #3 Well #6	2/23/06 5/17/06 2/23/06	46 48 66	Mg/l	N/A	250	Naturally occurring.
Sodium^3	No	Distribution System	8/03/06	92	Mg/l	N/A	See Health Effects	Naturally occurring; Road salt; Water softeners; Animal waste. .
Manganese	No	Well #6	2/23/06	0.053	Mg/l	N/A	0.3	Naturally occurring; Indicative of landfill contamination.
Disinfection Byproducts
Total Trihalomethanes^4	No	Distribution System	8/03/06	24.3	Ug/l	N/A	100	By-product of drinking water chlorination.
Haloacetic Acids^6	No	Distribution System	8/03/06	10.0	Ug/l	N/A	60.0	By-product of drinking water chlorination.