- Document number
- PWSID-2080010-CCR-2018
- Version
- 1.0
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2018 ANNUAL DRINKING WATER QUALITY REPORT
New Albany Water System — PWS ID 2080010
The report states that the New Albany Water System’s drinking water met federal and state requirements in 2018. Water was supplied through an interconnection with Towanda Municipal Authority, PWS ID 2080029. For questions, the report lists Michelle Dunham at 570-363-2300.
Chemical monitoring results
– Haloacetic Acids (HAA): MCL 60 ppb; highest level detected 2.17 ppb; sampled July 12, 2018; no violation.
– Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM): MCL 80 ppb; highest level detected 10.20 ppb; sampled July 12, 2018; no violation.
– Chlorine: MRDL 4 ppm; highest level detected 0.80 ppm; range 0.32 to 0.80 ppm; sampled November 6, 2018; no violation.
Lead and copper monitoring results
– Lead: action level 15 ppb; 90th-percentile result 4.06 ppb; zero of five sites above the action level in 2016; no treatment-technique violation.
– Copper: action level 1.3 ppm; 90th-percentile result 0.302 ppm; zero of five sites above the action level in 2016; no treatment-technique violation.
Monitoring and reporting notice
The report says the system submitted D/DBP results to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection after the tenth-day-of-the-month deadline. It also says compliance was achieved in accordance with DEP requirements.
Health information
Drinking water, including bottled water, may contain small amounts of contaminants without necessarily posing a health risk. People who are immunocompromised, undergoing cancer chemotherapy, living with HIV/AIDS or another immune-system disorder, have received organ transplants, are older, or are infants may be at greater risk from infection and should seek advice from a health-care provider. EPA and CDC guidance is available from the Safe Drinking Water Hotline at 800-426-4791.
The report also explains possible microbial, inorganic, pesticide, herbicide, organic-chemical, and radioactive contaminants and provides information about reducing exposure to lead. The attached PDF contains the full definitions, notices, source descriptions, and original tables.