Annual Drinking Water Quality Report

Town of Elizabeth Water Utility 2023

(IN5231007)

 

We’re pleased to present to you this year’s Annual Quality Water Report.  This report is designed to inform you about the quality water and services we deliver to you every day.  Our constant goal is to provide you with a safe and dependable supply of drinking water.  We want you to understand the efforts we make to continually improve the water treatment process and protect our water resources.  We are committed to ensuring the quality of your water.  Our water source is, the Elizabeth Water Well Field.  Out wells draw water from the Ohio River Aquifer.

 

We have a source water assessment plan available from our office that provides more information such as potential sources of contamination.

 

I’m pleased to report that our drinking water is safe and meets federal and state requirements. 

 

If you have any questions about this report or concerning your water utility, please contact Paul Brown at 812-969-2025.  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.  They are held on the 3rd Tuesday of every month at 10:30 am, at the Elizabeth Civic Center. 

 

The Town of Elizabeth Water Utility routinely monitors for constituents in your drinking water according to Federal and State laws.  This table shows the results of our monitoring for the period of January 1st to December 31st 2023.  As water travels over the land or underground, it can pick up substances or contaminants such as microbes, inorganic and organic chemicals, and radioactive substances.  All drinking water, including bottled drinking water, may be reasonably expected to contain at least small amounts of some constituents.  It’s important to remember that the presence of these constituents does not necessarily pose a health risk.

 

In this table you will find many terms and abbreviations you might not be familiar with.  To help you better understand these terms, we’ve provided the following definitions:

 

Non-Detects (ND) – laboratory analysis indicates that the constituent is not present. 

 

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 $10,000.00.

 

In order to ensure tape water is safe to drink, EPA prescribes regulations that limit the amount of certain contaminants in water provided by public water systems.  Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations establish limits for contaminants in bottled water, which must provide the same protection for public health. 

 

All sources of drinking water are subject to potential contamination by substances can be microbes, inorganic or organic chemicals and radioactive substances.  All drinking water, including bottled water, may reasonably be expected to contain at least a small amount of some contaminants.  The presence of contaminants does not necessarily indicate that the water poses a health risk.  More information about contaminants and potential health effects can be obtained bv calling the Environmental Protection Agency’s safe Drinking Water Hotline at 1-800-426-4791.

 

Total Coliform: The Total Coliform Rule requires water systems to meet a stricter limit for coliform bacteria.  Coliform bacteria are usually harmless, but their presence in water can be an indication of disease-causing bacteria.  When coliform bacteria are found, special follow-up tests are done to determine if harmful bacteria are present in the water supply.  If this limit is exceeded, the water supplier must notify the public by newspaper, television or radio.  To comply with the stricter regulation, we have increased the average amount of chlorine in the distribution system. 

 

Nitrates: As a precaution we always notify physicians and health care providers in this area if there is ever a higher-than-normal level of nitrates in the water supply. 

 

Lead: Lead in drinking water is rarely the sole cause of lead poisoning, but it can add to a person’s total lead exposure.  All potential sources of lead in the household should be identified and removed, replaced or reduced. 

 

In our continuing efforts to maintain a safe and dependable water supply it may be necessary to make improvements to your water system.  The costs of these improvements may be reflected in the rate structure.  Rate adjustments may be necessary in order to address these improvements. 

 

Thank you for allowing us to continue providing your family with clean, quality water this year.  In order to maintain a safe and dependable water supply we sometimes need to make improvements that will benefit all of our customers.  These improvements are sometimes reflected in rate structure adjustments.  Thank you for understanding.

 

Some people may be more vulnerable to contaminants in drinking water than the general population.  Immunocompromised persons such as person with cancer undergoing chemotherapy, person 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 microbiological contaminants are available from the Safe Drinking Water Hotline (800-426-4791). 

 

Please call our office if you have questions.

 

We at the Town of Elizabeth Water Utility work around the clock to provide top-quality water to every tap.  We ask that all our customers help us protect our water sources, which are the heart of our community, our way of life and our children’s future.