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u <br />April 10, 2021 }� <br />PWSID:1620025 <br />J I <br />L <br />owl& a 11 <br />WHITE BEAR <br />TOWNSHIP <br />I R5ti <br />RV1iSE\ Y' COUN <br />".11Y;SOTA <br />2020 Drinking <br />Water Report <br />Making Safe Drinking Water <br />Your drinking water comes from a groundwater source. six wells ranging from 360 to <br />445 feet deep, that draw water from the Prairie Du Chien -Jordan and Jordan aquifers. <br />White Bear Township works hard to provide you with safe and reliable drinking water <br />that meets federal and state water quality requirements. The purpose of this report is to <br />provide you with information on your drinking water and how to protect our precious <br />water resources. <br />Contact White Bear Township at 651-747-2754 or wbt@whitebeaitownship.org if you <br />have any questions about White Bear Township's drinking water. You can also ask for <br />information about how you can take part in decisions that may affect water quality. <br />The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency sets safe drinking water standards. These <br />standards limit the amounts of specific contaminants allowed in drinking water. This <br />ensures that tap water is safe to drink for most people. The U.S. Food and Drug <br />Administration regulates the amount of certain contaminants in bottled water. Bottled <br />water must provide the same public heafth protection as public tap water. <br />Drinking water, including bottled water, may reasonably be expected to contain at least <br />small amounts of some contaminants. The presence of contaminants does not <br />necessarily indicate that water poses a health risk. More information about <br />contaminants and potential health effects can be obtained by calling the Environmental <br />Protection Agf nc v's Safe Drinking Vi; at-,r Hotline at 1-800-426-4791. <br />White Bear Township Monitoring Results <br />This report contains Our is ,! irtoring results from January 1 to December 31, 2020. <br />We work with the Minnesota Department of Health to test drinking water for more than <br />100 contaminants. It is not unusual to detect contaminants in small amounts. No water <br />supply is ever completely free of contaminants. Drinking water standards protect <br />Minnesotans from substances that may be harmful to their health. <br />Learn more by visiting the Minnesota Department of Health's webpage: Basics of <br />Monitoring and Testing of Drinking Water in Minnesota. <br />(https://www. health. state.m n.us/communities/environment/water/factsheet/ <br />sampling.html). <br />Inside this issue <br />How to Read the Water Quality• <br />Tables.................. .... _...................... Z <br />Explaining Special Situations for the <br />Ilighest Result and Average..............2 <br />Definitions.................... .......................... .2 <br />Monitoring Results — Regulated <br />Substances ............................................. _3 <br />Some People arc More Vulnerable to <br />Contaminates in Drinking; Water....4 <br />Drinking Water Sources ............ _ 4 <br />Lead in Drinking Water _............. 5 <br />The Value of1Vatei......... ......................6 <br />Conservation ......................................... 6 <br />Prevent Pollution ..............................6 <br />Reduce flack(lots ....................... _...... 7 <br />Beware of Water Treatment <br />Scams.............................. ..................7 <br />Home Water Treatment...................7 <br />Pros & Cons of Water Softening <br />L-A <br />