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Annual Drinking Water Quality Report for Calendar Year 2019

Chapin Water System, IL1370050

 

This report is intended to provide you with important information about your drinking water and the efforts made by the water system to provide safe drinking water.  This report includes drinking water facts, information on violations (if applicable), and contaminants detected in your drinking water supply during the calendar year 2019.  Each year, we will provide you a new report.  If you need help understanding this report or have general questions, please contact the person listed below.

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Contact Name: Ronnie Upchurch
Telephone Number: (217) 472-3111
E-mail: chapinwtp@gmail.com
 
Sources of Drinking Water

The sources of drinking water (both tap water and bottled water) include rivers, lakes, streams, ponds, reservoirs, springs, and groundwater wells. As water travels over the surface of the land or through the ground, it dissolves naturally-occurring minerals and, in some cases, radioactive material, and can pick up substances resulting from the presence of animals or from human activity.

Our source of water comes from Purchased Ground Water Under Direct Influence of Surface Water.

Contaminants that may be present in source water include: Microbial contaminants, such as viruses and bacteria, which may come from sewage treatment plants, septic systems, agricultural livestock operations, and wildlife. Inorganic contaminants, such as salts and metals, which can be naturally occurring or result from urban stormwater runoff, industrial, or domestic wastewater discharges, oil and gas production, mining, or farming. Pesticides and herbicides, which may come from a variety of sources such as agriculture, urban stormwater runoff, and residential uses. Organic chemical contaminants, including synthetic and volatile organic chemicals, which are by-products of industrial processes and petroleum production, and can also come from gas stations, urban stormwater runoff, and septic systems. Radioactive contaminants, which can be naturally-occurring or be the result of oil and gas production and mining activities.

Other Facts about Drinking Water

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 water poses a health risk. More information about contaminants and potential health effects can be obtained by calling the EPA's Safe Drinking Water Hotline at (800) 426-4791. 

In order to ensure that tap water is safe to drink, EPA prescribes regulations which limit the amount of certain contaminants in water provided by public water systems. FDA regulations establish limits for contaminants in bottled water which must provide the same protections for public health.

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 microbial contaminants are available from the Safe Drinking Water Hotline (800-426-4791).

If present, elevated levels of lead can cause serious health problems, especially for pregnant women and young children.  Lead in drinking water is primarily from materials and components associated with service lines and home plumbing.  We cannot control the variety of materials used in plumbing components.  When your water has been sitting for several hours, you can minimize the potential for lead exposure by flushing your tap for 30 seconds to 2 minutes before using the water for drinking or cooking.  If you are concerned about lead in your water, you may wish to have your water tested.  Information on lead in drinking water, testing methods, and steps you can take to minimize exposure is available from the Safe Drinking Water Hotline or at http://epa.gov/safewater/lead. 

Meeting Location

The Village of Chapin holds monthly meetings at the Village Hall, 510 Everett Street, Chapin, Illinois 62628 on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 7:00 pm. 

Source Water Assessments

Source water protection (SWP) is a proactive approach to protecting our critical sources of public water supply and assuring that the best source of water is being utilized to serve the public. It involves the implementation of pollution prevention practices to protect the water quality in a watershed or wellhead protection area serving a public water supply. Along with treatment, it establishes a multi-barrier approach to assuring clean and safe drinking water to the citizens of Illinois.  The Illinois EPA has implemented a source water assessment program (SWAP) to assist with wellhead and watershed protection of public drinking water supplies.  The Chapin Water System source water assessment has been completed by the Illinois EPA.  For a copy of this assessment, please contact Steve Edwards (217) 435-2527 or stop by the Village Hall.  To view a summary version of the completed Source Water Assessments, to include: Importance of Source Water; Susceptibility to Contamination Determination; and documentation/recommendation of Source Water Protection Efforts, you can access the Illinois EPA website at http://www.epa.state.il.us/cgi-bin/wp/swap-fact-sheets.pl .

Source of Water: Jacksonville Raw Water Transmission Line; FF IL1370200 TP01; GU; Report Status: Good
Type of Water Source:  Ranney Collector Well, located at Naples, Illinois, Ground Water Under Direct Influence of Surface Water. 

Other Water Sources:  Primary- Two gravel pack drilled wells located at Naples, Illinois, Groundwater; Secondary- Lake Mauvaisteere and Lake Jacksonville, Surface water.

The Illinois EPA considers all surface water sources of community water supply to be susceptible to potential pollution problems; hence, the reason for mandatory treatment for all surface water supplies in Illinois.  These mandatory treatments include: coagulation, sedimentation, filtration, and disinfection.  Causes of pollution to surface water includes: nutrients, siltation, suspended solids, and organic enrichment.  Primary sources of pollution include agricultural runoff, land disposal (septic systems), and shoreline erosion.  Due to the presence of potential sources of pollution and the unconfined nature of the wells, Illinois EPA considers these wells to be susceptible to contamination. 

 2019 Regulated Contaminants Detected

The next several tables summarize contaminants detected in your drinking water supply.
Here are a few definitions and scientific terms that will help you understand the information in the contaminant detection tables. 

ALG- Action Level Goal: The level of a contaminant in drinking water below which there is no known or expected risk to health.  ALGs allow for a margin of safety.

AL- Action Level: The concentration of a contaminant which, if exceeded, triggers treatment or other requirements which a water system must follow.

Avg- Regulatory compliance with some MCLs is based on running annual average of monthly samples.

Level 1 Assessment- A Level 1 Assessment is a study of the water system to identify potential problems and determine (if possible) why total coliform bacteria have been found in the water system.

Level 2 Assessment: A Level 2 Assessment is a very detailed study of the water system to identify potential problems and determine (if possible) why an E. coli MCL violation has occurred and/or why total coliform bacteria have been found in the water system on multiple occasions.

MCL- Maximum Contaminant Level: The highest level of a contaminant that is allowed in drinking water. MCLs are set as close to the Maximum Contaminant Level Goal as feasible using the best available treatment technology.

MCLG- Maximum Contaminant Level Goal: The level of a contaminant in drinking water below which there is no known or expected risk to health. MCLGs allow for a margin of safety.

MRDL- Maximum Residual Disinfectant Level: The highest level of a disinfectant allowed in drinking water.

MRDLG- Maximum Residual Disinfectant Level Goal: The level of disinfectant in drinking water below which there is no known or expected risk to health. MRDLGs allow for a margin of safety.

N/A- Not Applicable

NTU- Nephelometric Turbidity Units

pCi/L- picocuries per liter ( a measure of radioactivity)

ppb- Parts per billion or micrograms per liter (ug/L) - or one ounce in 7,350,000 gallons of water.

ppm- Parts per million or milligrams per liter (mg/L) - or one ounce in 7,350 gallons of water.

mrem- Millirems per year ( a measure of radiation absorbed by the body).

TT- Treatment Technique: A required process intended to reduce the level of a contaminant in drinking water.

Lead and Copper
 

 


Disinfectants & Disinfection Byproducts

Inorganic Contaminants

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Radiological Contaminants

 

 

 
Note: The state requires monitoring of certain contaminants less than once per year because the concentrations of these contaminants do not change frequently. Therefore, some of this data may be more than one year old.

Turbidity

Turbidity is a measurement of the cloudiness of the water caused by suspended particles. We monitor it because it is a good indicator of water quality and the effectiveness of our filtration system and disinfectants.
 

Source Water Testing

The Chapin Water System purchases raw water from the City of Jacksonville public water supply.  This water is then treated at our water treatment facility located at the corner of Poplar and Chapin Streets. Per the Consumer Confidence Report regulations, we are required to include pertinent information regarding the quality of the water provided to the Village of Chapin from the Jacksonville water line.  This information is included below. 

City of Jacksonville Public Water Supply
PWS ID# IL1370200

Regulated Contaminants

Coliform Bacteria

Lead and Copper (Collection Date 8/8/2017)

**The state requires us to monitor for certain contaminants less than once per year because the concentrations of these contaminants do not change frequently.  Some of our data, though accurate, is more than one year old.

Disinfectants and Disinfection By-Products

*Not all sample results may have been used for calculating the Highest Level Detected because some results may be part of an evaluation to determine where compliance sampling should occur in the future. 

Turbidity

Turbidity is a measurement of the cloudiness of the water caused by suspended particles.  We monitor it because it is a good indicator of the
water quality and the effectiveness of our filtration system and disinfectants. 

 

Total Organic Carbon

The percentage of Total Organic Carbon (TOC) removal was measured each month and the system met all TOC removal requirements set, unless a TOC violation is noted in the violations section.

We want our valued customers to be informed about their water quality.  If you would like to learn more, please feel welcome to attend any of our regularly scheduled meetings.  The source water assessment for our supply has been completed by the Illinois EPA.  If you would like a copy of this information, please contact Jack Cosner, Superintendent of Operations, at (217) 479-4660.  To view a summary version of the completed Source Water Assessments, to include: Importance of Source Water; Susceptibility to Contamination Determination; and documentation/recommendation of Source Water Protection Efforts, you can access the Illinois EPA website at http://www.epa.state.il.us/cgi-bin/wp/swap-fact-sheets.pl .