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June 1, 2020 <br />PWSID: 162002S <br />WHITE BEAR <br />TOWNSHIP <br />I85tl <br />PIMSEY coul n <br />MINNLVAN <br />2019 Drinking <br />Water Report <br />Making Safe Drinking Water <br />Your drinking water comes frorn a groundwater source: six wells ranging from 360 to <br />445 feet deep that draw water from the Prairie Du Chien -Jai clan and Jordan aquifers. <br />White Bear Township works hard to provide you with safe and reliable diinking 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@whitebealtovinship.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 tvater 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 regu'a+es the amount of certain contaminants in bottled water. Bottled <br />water must provide the same public health 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 Agency's Safe Drinking V.'ater Hotline at 1-800-426-4791. <br />White Bear Township Monitoring Results <br />This report contains our inorlitoring results from January 1 to December 31, 2019. <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 />samgling.html). <br />I <br />Inside this issue <br />I low to Read the Water Quality <br />Tables.........................................................2 <br />Definitions ...... ....................................... _ .2 <br />Water Quality Tables ............................3 <br />Potential Health Effects & Corrective <br />Actinns ................................ _.......... _......... 4 <br />Alonitoring Results — Unregulated <br />`u bsta nces.........................................4 <br />' ; nne People are More Vulnerable to <br />i:rmtaminates in Drinking Water ...4 <br />Drinking Water Sources .................... S <br />Lead in Drinking Water.....................5 <br />The Value of Water ..............................6 <br />Conservation ................................. <br />........ 6 <br />Prevent Pollution ............................ <br />_6 <br />Reduce Backlluw ......................_...._.7 <br />Beware of Water Treatment <br />Scams.................................... <br />. _.....7 <br />Home Water Treatment..................7 <br />Pros & Cons of Water Softening...•.7 <br />it WF <br />