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Protecting, maintaining and improving the health of aU Minnesotans April 4, 2005 PWSID: 1020036 Centerville City Council clo City Clerk Centerville City Hall 1880 Main Street Centerville, Minnesota 55038 RECEIVED M'R 0 4 2005 Dear Council Members: All community water systems must distribute an annual Drinking Water Report, officially known as a Consumer Confidence Report, to their customers. The deadline for the completion and delivery of the report is July 1. The basic information required in the report includes the source of the system's drinking water, any monitoring results that showed detections for the previous calendar year including violations if any, compliance information, and standard language required by the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency. (Note: If information you have compiled differs from what is indicated on the report sent to your water superintendent, please call 1-800-818-9318.) We have sent a packet to your water superintendent that includes a report with most of the required information, and also a Certification of Completion form. It is your responsibility to ensure that the report is produced and distributed and that the completed certification form, along with a copy of the report, is returned to the Minnesota Department of Health by July 1, 2005. While the report sent to your superintendent contains most of the information needed, it will be necessary to add a name and phone number for customers with questions or requests for additional information. There may be other places on the report where additional information is required. These areas have been noted with gray-shaded areas. It may be in your best interest to include even more information, beyond what is required by the rule, in the report. Keep in mind that all the information in the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) report must be included in a reformatted report. Additional information may be added, but everything from the MDH report must be included. This could include a description of your treatment processes and any upgrades that are planned for your water system. The report requires detection information only on primary contaminants, but it may be wise to address contaminants that are causing aesthetic problems with your water. If you have detectable levels of secondary contaminants, your customers may have a greater concern about them than about those that can bring about adverse health effects. Rather than ignore this issue, you may want to address it and point out that the iron, manganese, etc., are not causing any adverse health effects even though they may be making the water look, taste, and/or smell bad. Also, for systems that serve a population that contains a significant number of people who do not speak English, please consider including one or more of the statements below in the report. (The statement says, "This report contains very important information. Translate or ask someone who understands it") Spanish: InformaciOn importante. Si no la entiende, haga que alguien se la traduzca ahora. Hmong: Nov yog ntaub ntawv tseem ceeb. Yog koy tsi to taub, nrhiav neeg pab txhais rau koh kom sai sai. Distribution: You have two options in distributing the report: General Information: (651) 215-5800 · TDDITYY: (651) 215.8980 . Minnesota Relay Service: (800) 627-3529 · www.health.state.mn.us For directions to any of the MDH locations, call (651) 215-5800 . An equal opportunjty employer