Fort Walton Beach — 2024 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).  2024 WATER TESTING RESULTS In the table to the left you will find many terms and abbreviations, some of which you might INORGANIC CONTAMINANTS not be familiar. To help you better understand Dates of MCL Contaminant and Unit of sampling Violation Level Range of MCLG MCL Likely Source of Contamination these terms, we have provided the following Measurement Detected Results definitions: (mo./yr.) (Yes/No) Discharge of drilling wastes; discharge from metal refineries; n/a: not applicable Barium (ppm) April 2023 No 0.35 0.0038-0.35 2 2 erosion of natural deposits ND: means not detected and indicates that the substance was Erosion of natural deposits; discharge from fertilizer and aluminum not found by laboratory analysis. Fluoride (ppm) April 2023 No 0.94 0.46-0.94 4 5 factories. Water additive which promotes strong teeth when at the Parts per million (ppm) or milligrams per liter (mg/l): optimum level of 0.7 ppm The City does not add additional fluoride. one part by weight of analyte to one million parts by weight Runoff from fertilizer use; leaching from septic tanks, sewage; of the water sample. Nitrate(as Nitrogen) (ppm) April 2024 No 0.27 ND – 0.27 10 10 erosion of natural deposits. Parts per billion (ppb) or micrograms per liter (µg/l): one Sodium (ppm) April 2023 No 120 43-120 n/a 160 Saltwater intrusion, leaching from soil part by weight of analyte to one billion parts by weight of RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINANTS the water sample. Jan & May Picocuries per liter (pCi/L): measure of the radioactivity in Alpha emitters (pCi/L) No 2.7 ND-2.7 0 15 Erosion of natural deposits water. 2017 Radium 226 +228 or Jan & May Action Level (AL): the concentration of a contaminant No 1.49 0.4-1.49 0 5 Erosion of natural deposits combined radium (pCi/L) 2017 which, if exceeded, triggers treatment or other requirements STAGE 2 DISINFECTANTS AND DISINFECTION BY-PRODUCTS . which a water system must follow. MCL or Maximum Contaminant Level or MCL: the highest level Disinfectant or Dates of MRDL Level Range of MCLG or MCL or of a contaminant that is allowed in drinking water. MCLs Contaminant and Unit of sampling Likely Source of Contamination Violation Detected Results MRDLG MRDL are set as close to the MCLGs as feasible using the best Measurement (mo./yr.) (Yes/No) available treatment technology. Jan-Dec Maximum Contaminant Level Goal or MCLG: the level Chlorine (ppm) Stage 1 No 0.93 0.75-1.17 MRDLG = 4 MRDL = 4.0 Water additive used to control microbes 2024 of a contaminant in drinking water below which there is no Haloacetic Acids (five) Oct 2023 - known or expected risk to health. MCLGs allow for a No 19.02 ND -31.5 n/a MCL = 60 By-product of drinking water disinfection margin of safety. (HAA5) (ppb) July 2024 TTHM (Total Oct 2023 – Maximum residual disinfectant level or MRDL: the No 41.78 ND -39.9 n/a MCL = 80 By-product of drinking water disinfection trihalomethanes) (ppb) July 2024 highest level of a disinfectant allowed in drinking water. There is convincing evidence that addition of a disinfectant is necessary for control of microbial contaminants. LEAD AND COPPER (TAP WATER) Maximum residual disinfectant level goal or MRDLG: Dates of AL 90th No. the level of a drinking water disinfectant below which there Contaminant and Unit of Range of Tap AL (Action Sampling Exceeded Percentile Exceeding MCGL Likely Source of Contamination is no known or expected risk to health. MRDLGs do not Measurement Sample Results Level) (mo./yr.) (Yes/No) Result the AL reflect the benefits of the use of disinfectants to control Corrosion of household plumbing systems; erosion microbial contaminants. Copper (tap water) (ppm) June 2023 No 0.1 0 of 30 ND – 0.33 1.3 1.3 of natural deposits; leaching from wood preservatives Corrosion of household plumbing