This report is designed to inform you about the quality of 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.

JWW is a surface water treatment plant whose raw water is pumped from Lake Eucha through 5 miles of 12" pipe to the JWW treatment facility located at 2329 S. Main St. in Jay, OK. It can take 2 hours for a certain gallon of water to reach the facility. Once the water reaches the treatment facility, chlorine gas and polymer( used to coagulate suspended particles out of the water) are added and flash mixed. Then the water enters two 120,000-gallon sedimentation tanks to allow the suspended particles to settle out of the water. Sedimentation tanks usually remove about 90% of the particles from water. After approximately an hour, the water flows from the tanks into the mixed media filters, which remove the particles too small for the sedimentation tanks. After filtration the water passes into a 90,000 gallon clearwell where chlorine is added before the water is pumped to the 500,000-gallon standpipe behind the plant, and to the customer. Fluoride is added between the clearwell and the standpipe.

The process may seem simple but requires constant monitoring and control of the equipment and chemicals being added. Tests are performed on samples from the raw water, clearwell water, and tapwater from homes and businesses in Jay and Oakhill. Turbidity and chlorine are monitored constantly while fluoride, pH, alkalinity, and hardness are measured at least twice a day. The JWW lab also tests for iron, manganese, copper, and water stability on a regular basis. Other tests are performed monthly and yearly by Tulsa and Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (ODEQ) labs. Jay Water Works (JWW) is currently in the planning stages for an upgrade to the existing facilities to comply with current and future ODEQ regulations. JWW supplies potable water to Jay, Oakhill, and RWD 1.

This report shows our water quality and what it means. You can also view this report online at our website: http://www.brightok.net/~jayh2o. If you have any questions about this report or concerning your water utility, please contact Bill Jones at (918) 253 - 4790 or come by the treatment facility. We want our valued customers to be informed about their water utility. You are welcome to attend any of our regularly scheduled meetings held at 7:00 P.M. on the first Monday of every month at the Jay City Hall.

Ø Parts per million (ppm) or Milligrams per liter (mg/l) - one part of contaminant per million parts of water.

Ø Parts per billion (ppb) or Micrograms per liter (ug/l) - one part of contaminant per billion parts of water.

Ø Picocuries per liter (pCi/L) - Picocuries per liter is a measure of the radioactivity in water.

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

MCLs are set at very stringent levels. To understand the possible health effects described for many regulated constituents, a person would have to drink 2 liters of water every day at the MCL level for a lifetime to have a one-in-a-million chance of having the described health effect.

All sources of drinking water are subject to potential contamination by constituents that are naturally occurring or are man-made. Those constituents can be microbes, organic or inorganic chemicals, or radioactive materials. All drinking water, including bottled water, may reasonably be expected to contain at least small amounts 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 by calling the Environmental Protection Agency’s Safe Drinking Water Hotline at 1-800-426-4791.

JWW routinely monitors for constituents in your drinking water according to federal and state laws. The following data show the results of our monitoring for the period from January 1 to December 31, 2001. (Some of our data may be more than one year old because the state allows us to monitor for some contaminants less often than once per year.)

^ Tests are not required yearly and were not performed in 2001. Test results are those performed most recently.

Some people may be more vulnerable to contaminants in drinking water than the general population. Immuno-compromised persons such as persons with cancer undergoing chemotherapy, persons 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).

Jay Water Works (JWW) is continuously upgrading our facilities to aid in compliance with future Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) regulations. In our continuing efforts to maintain a safe and dependable water supply it may be necessary to make changes in the rate structure. Rate increases may be necessary in order to address these improvements. Please call our office if you have any questions about this report.

Source Water Assessments are not completed at this time, but will be included in the CCR when completed within the next few years.

This report will not be mailed to each individual, but will be printed in the local newspaper. You may pick up a copy of this CCR at our utility office when you pay your bill, view it on our website http:www.brightok.net/~jayh2o/ccr.html, or at the Water Plant at 2329 S. Main St.