Amador County – The Amador Water Agency last week released its annual Consumer Confidence Report for the 2009 calendar year, noting 5 violations had occurred through the year. Among the violations was a lead content reading in February in the Jackson Water District, with high levels found at 3 locations among 20 sites sampled. Plant adjustments were already made to address the issue. The report also listed a lead violation at 1 home in the Drytown County Water District. It was 1 of 5 homes tested there, and the only one with lead beyond the maximum content level. The AWA board last week discussed the report and asked about that result. General Manager Gene Mancebo said AWA staff “tested the house across the street” and it was clean of lead, so it “appears to be very localized in the plumbing of that house.” The Drytown district also had a copper content violation. The report said adjustments were made to handle both content levels. The Amador Water System in Ione had one violation, the report said. The “Ione system exceeded the total coliform bacteria in August 2009 in 2 samples. No fecal coliform was detected and all subsequent samples were negative.” The Ione “system lines were flushed and the public was notified.” Nine other service districts or areas were reported to have “no violations of the California State maximum Contaminant Levels.” A procedural violation occurred when staff missed a sampling at the Buckhorn Water Treatment Plant. The “AWA collected 11 routine total coliform bacteria samples when it was required to collect 12 samples.” The report included a list of source water assessments conducted from 2001 to 2007, looking at wells, the Tiger Creek Reservoir and its After Bay. The assessments are available for review at the California Department of Public Health office in Stockton, at the AWA office on Ridge Road, or online at www.amadorwater.org. In other AWA news, Mancebo said that verification of a Proposition 218 protest of a proposed rate increase in the Central Amador Water Project service area had not yet been completed as of Wednesday. He said vacation time for staff the previous week led to the delay, and this week staff was busy preparing next week’s agenda and related documents. He said the agenda will list the CAWP protest verification, but it may not be completed by next week’s meeting, Thursday, July 22nd. The board next week could return to discussion of its budget. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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AWA Consumer Confidence Report Lists 5 Violations in 2009
Amador County – The Amador Water Agency last week released its annual Consumer Confidence Report for the 2009 calendar year, noting 5 violations had occurred through the year. Among the violations was a lead content reading in February in the Jackson Water District, with high levels found at 3 locations among 20 sites sampled. Plant adjustments were already made to address the issue. The report also listed a lead violation at 1 home in the Drytown County Water District. It was 1 of 5 homes tested there, and the only one with lead beyond the maximum content level. The AWA board last week discussed the report and asked about that result. General Manager Gene Mancebo said AWA staff “tested the house across the street” and it was clean of lead, so it “appears to be very localized in the plumbing of that house.” The Drytown district also had a copper content violation. The report said adjustments were made to handle both content levels. The Amador Water System in Ione had one violation, the report said. The “Ione system exceeded the total coliform bacteria in August 2009 in 2 samples. No fecal coliform was detected and all subsequent samples were negative.” The Ione “system lines were flushed and the public was notified.” Nine other service districts or areas were reported to have “no violations of the California State maximum Contaminant Levels.” A procedural violation occurred when staff missed a sampling at the Buckhorn Water Treatment Plant. The “AWA collected 11 routine total coliform bacteria samples when it was required to collect 12 samples.” The report included a list of source water assessments conducted from 2001 to 2007, looking at wells, the Tiger Creek Reservoir and its After Bay. The assessments are available for review at the California Department of Public Health office in Stockton, at the AWA office on Ridge Road, or online at www.amadorwater.org. In other AWA news, Mancebo said that verification of a Proposition 218 protest of a proposed rate increase in the Central Amador Water Project service area had not yet been completed as of Wednesday. He said vacation time for staff the previous week led to the delay, and this week staff was busy preparing next week’s agenda and related documents. He said the agenda will list the CAWP protest verification, but it may not be completed by next week’s meeting, Thursday, July 22nd. The board next week could return to discussion of its budget. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.Latest from
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