Fort Walton Beach — 2025 Consumer Water Quality Report — reading text

a very high Field office located at 7 Hollywood Blvd. NW. You may Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations establish limits request a copy of lead testing results by calling 850-833-9613. quality water source. With the excellent water quality of for contaminants in bottled water, which must provide the same protection for public health. the Floridan Aquifer, the only treatments required to meet The City conducted a detailed service line inventory which Federal and State standards are aeration and included inspecting every service connection within our system Drinking water, including bottled water, may reasonably be chlorination. during our meter replacement project. No lead, galvanized expected to contain at least small amounts of some contaminants. requiring replacement, or lead status unknown service lines The presence of contaminants does not necessarily indicate that were identified during the inventory. Detailed records are on the water poses a health risk. More information about file at the Utilities Field office located at 7 Hollywood Blvd. NW. contaminants and potential health effects can be obtained by You may request a copy of the inspection records associated calling the Environmental Protection Agency’s Safe Drinking with any address by calling 850-833-9613. Water Hotline at (800-426-4791).  2025 WATER TESTING RESULTS In the table to the left you will find many terms and abbreviations, some of which you might not be INORGANIC CONTAMINANTS familiar. To help you better understand these terms, Dates of MCL Contaminant and Unit of sampling Violation Level Range of MCLG MCL Likely Source of Contamination we have provided the following definitions: Measurement Detected Results n/a: not applicable (mo./yr.) (Yes/No) Discharge of drilling wastes; discharge from metal refineries; ND: means not detected and indicates that the substance was not found Barium (ppm) April 2023 No 0.35 0.0038-0.35 2 2 by laboratory analysis. erosion of natural deposits Erosion of natural deposits; discharge from fertilizer and aluminum Parts per million (ppm) or milligrams per liter (mg/l): one part by Fluoride (ppm) April 2023 No 0.94 0.46-0.94 4 5 factories. Water additive which promotes strong teeth when at the weight of analyte to one million parts by weight of the water sample. optimum level of 0.7 ppm The City does not add additional fluoride. Parts per billion (ppb) or micrograms per liter (µg/l): one part by Runoff from fertilizer use; leaching from septic tanks, sewage; weight of analyte to one billion parts by weight of the water sample. Nitrate(as Nitrogen) (ppm) April 2025 No 0.30 ND – 0.30 10 10 erosion of natural deposits. Picocuries per liter (pCi/L): measure of the radioactivity in water. Sodium (ppm) April 2023 No 120 43-120 n/a 160 Saltwater intrusion, leaching from soil Action Level (AL): the concentration of a contaminant which, if STAGE 2 DISINFECTANTS AND DISINFECTION BY-PRODUCTS * . exceeded, triggers treatment or other requirements which a water MCL or system must follow. Disinfectant or Dates of MRDL Level Range of MCLG or MCL or Maximum Contaminant Level or MCL: the highest level of a Contaminant and Unit of sampling Likely Source of Contamination Violation Detected Results MRDLG MRDL contaminant that is allowed in drinking water. MCLs are set as close Measurement (mo./yr.) (Yes/No) to the MCLGs as feasible using the best available treatment Jan-Dec technology. Chlorine (ppm) Stage 1 No 1.19 0.97-1.34 MRDLG = 4 MRDL = 4.0 Water additive used to control microbes 2025 Maximum Contaminant Level Goal or MCLG: the level of a Haloacetic Acids (five) July 2025 - contaminant in drinking water below which there is no known or No 1.38-9.46 n/a MCL = 60 By-product of drinking water disinfection expected risk to health. MCLGs allow for a margin of safety. (HAA5) (ppb) Oct 2025 TTHM (Total July 2025 – Maximum residual disinfectant level or MRDL: the highest level No 5.2-110.18 n/a MCL = 80 By-product of drinking water disinfection of a disinfectant allowed in drinking water. There is convincing trihalomethanes) (ppb) Oct 2025 MICROBIOLOGICAL CONTAMINANTS** evidence that addition of a disinfectant is necessary for control of microbial contaminants. Contaminant and Unit of Dates of MCL Total Number of Positive MCL or MRDL Likely Source of Contamination Maximum residual disinfectant level goal or MRDLG: the level of Measurement sampling Violation Samples a drinking water disinfectant below which there is no known or Jan - Dec E. coli No 1** Detected, but no MCL violation Human and animal fecal waste expected risk to health. MRDLGs do not reflect the benefits of the use 2025 of disinfectants to control microbial contaminants. ___________________________________________________________________ LEAD AND COPPER (TAP WATER) * During 2025, our system was sampling Total Trihalomethanes Dates of AL 90th No. (TTHMs) and Haloacetic Acids (HAA5s) on a quarterly basis due to a Contaminant and Unit of Range of Tap AL (Action sample result that exceeded the MCL in a previous quarter. It was later Sampling Exceeded Percentile Exceeding MCGL Likely Source of Contamination Measurement Sample Results Level)