Jay Water Works

2000 Water Quality Report

This is the third Water Quality Report published by JWW. As we continue to strive for excellence in water quality and customer relations we have published this report in hard copy and also on our website http://www.brightok.net/~jayh2o. This year we have added two new chemicals to our treatment process. We have added hydrogen peroxide which reacts with organic matter (this is 35% compared to store brands 3%) and is very useful in combating bad taste and odor problems. Secondly we have replaced our old coagulate polymer with a new polymer which reacts better with the hydrogen peroxide. The hydrogen peroxide is fed at the intake pumps on Lake Eucha and is effectively neutralized in a reaction with chlorine prior to the water being pumped to the consumer. JWW supplies potable water to Jay, Oakhill, and RWD 1.

This report shows our water quality and what it means. 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 at 2329 S. Main. 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.

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, 2000. (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.) We are pleased to report that we did not violate any of the standards as set by the EPA!

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.

 

WATER QUALITY DATA

MICROBIOLOGICAL CONTAMINANTS

RADIONUCLIDES

INORGANIC CONTAMINANTS

LEAD AND COPPER (Regulated at Customer Tap)

 

 

 

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 (1-800-426-4791).

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. Our water source is surface water from Lake Eucha located 5 Miles south of the JWW Treatment Plant and our backup source is groundwater from a deepwell located at the JWW Treatment Plant.

Our goal is to reduce the amount of nutrients in our watershed. Excess nutrients make algae grow faster. Algae compounds are the most common cause of unpleasant taste and odor in our city’s drinking water. Described as earthy, musty, moldy, or grassy, the compounds can be detected by some people at extremely low concentrations.

 

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

This report will not be mailed to each individual. 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.

Jay Utilities Board

Chairman Wayne Dunham

Vice-Chairman Lefty Melton

Morris Van Court

Bill Stuart

John Stevenson

Bill Jones Sr.

Supt. Of Water

 

Annual Drinking Water Quality Report

 

 

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

 

PWS Name: Jay Water Works

PWS ID #: 1021674

The community water system indicated above hereby confirms that the Consumer Confidence Report has been distributed to customers (and appropriate notices of availability have been given) in accordance with 40 CFR 141.155. Further, the system certifies that the information contained in the report is correct and consistent with the compliance monitoring data previously submitted to the primacy agency.

 

Certified by:

Name: __________________________________________________

Billy K. Jones Sr.

Title: Superintendent of Water

 

Phone: (918) 253 - 4790 Date: ___________________

 

 

RETURN a copy of your Consumer Confidence Report

and the signed Certificate of Completion and Distribution

to the following address:

Consumer Confidence Reports

Water Quality Division

Department of the Environmental Quality

P.O. Box 1677

Oklahoma City, OK 73101-1677