2006

ANNUAL DRINKING WATER QUALITY REPORT
HARVEST-MONROVIA WATER, SEWER AND
FIRE PROTECTION AUTHORITY

The Authority is pleased to report to each customer that the DRINKING WATER IS SAFE!! This report is delivered to you each year to provide you information about the quality of water the Authority provides to the customers. This information is for testing conducted from January1 to December 31, 2005. It is our goal to provide clean safe drinking water to each of you through out the year. Our staff strives each day to accomplish this goal.

The 10 million gallon a day Water Treatment Plant located on Burwell Road was awarded the Best Operated Plant in the State of Alabama in August of 2005. This award was from the Alabama Water and Pollution Control Association at the annual meeting in Birmingham last August. The Authority will have new a 4 million gallon a day Water Treatment Plant under construction by the end of 2006. The new plant will be located on Mt. Zion Road at an existing well site.

The Authority is in the midst of a $13 million construction schedule. This money will be available through a Bond Issue. Along with the new money the Authority is refunding Bonds that will save the Authority over $400,000 in interest expense over the next 20 years. This money will also be used to build a 500,000 gallon per day Wastewater Treatment Plant behind Monrovia Elementary School. The Authority is also working with the Madison County Board of Education to eliminate the open lagoon at Harvest Elementary School. At this time all new developments are required to have wastewater treatment.

Our water source is groundwater drawn from 4 wells throughout the system. The Tuscumbia-Fort Payne Aquifer system supplies water to our 4 wells. Water from two of our wells is treated at the 10 mgd Water Plant. Water from the two other sites is treated at the well site. The Authority has established a Source Water Protection Plan that has been approved by ADEM. Information on potential contaminant sources have been defined and are available at the office. The major sources of potential contamination are existing wells, agricultural run-off and septic tanks. You can see from this information why the Authority is interested in wastewater treatment for all new developments.

You will be able to determine from this report that water produced by the Authority meets all Federal (EPA) and state (ADEM) drinking water standards. The Authority did not have any VIOLATIONS this past year. If you have any questions about this report or concerns about the Authority, please contact Roger Raby at 837-1132. If you want to attend the monthly Board Meetings they are held each second Tuesday of the month at our office at 9131 Wall-Triana Hwy, Harvest, AL. The current Board members are Scott Schrimsher-Chairman, Wallace Dorning-Vice-Chairman and Roy McCrary-Secretary.

The Authority routinely monitors for constituents in your drinking water according to EPA and ADEM regulations. This following Table of Detected Contaminants shows the results of our monitoring period from January 1, 2005 through December 31, 2005. All drinking water, including bottled drinking water, may be reasonably expected to contain at least small amounts of some constituents. It is important to remember that the presence of these constituents does not necessarily pose a health risk.

The following terms will be needed to help understand the table.

Non-Detects (ND)- laboratory analysis indicates that the constituent is not present.

Parts per million (ppm)- one part per million is equal to one minute in two years.

Parts per billion (ppb)- one part per billion is equal to one minute in 2,000 years.

Parts per trillion (ppt)- one part per trillion is equal to one minute in 2,000,000 years.

Picocuries per liter (pCi/L)- measure of radiation in the water.

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

Nephelometric Turbidity Unit (NTU)- measure of water clarity.

Action Level (AL)- the concentration of a contaminant which, if exceeds, triggers treatment or other requirements which a water system must follow.

Treatment technique (TT)- A treatment technique is a required process intended to reduce the level of a contaminant in the water.

Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL)- highest level of a contaminant allowed in the drinking water.

Maximum Contaminant Level Goal (MCLG)- level of a contaminant in drinking water below which there are no known or expected health risk.

As you can see form this table our system had no violations. Your drinking water meets or exceeds all EPA and ADEM requirements. We have learned through our testing that some constituents have been detected. The EPA has determined that your water is SAFE at these levels.

All drinking water, including bottled water, may be expected to contain at least small amounts of some contaminants. The presence of contaminants does not necessarily indicate that the water poses a health risk. More information about contaminants and potential health effects can be obtained by calling the Environmental Protection Agency’s Drinking Water Hotline 1-800-426-4791

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

To ensure that tap water is safe to drink, EPA prescribes regulations that limit the amount of certain contaminants in water provided by public water systems. FDA regulates established limits for contaminants in bottled water.

Some people may be more vulnerable to contaminants in drinking water than the general public. Immuno-compromised persons such as persons with cancer undergoing chemotherapy, persons who have undergone organ transplants, people with HIV/AIDS or 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 Crytosporidium and other microbiological contaminants are available from the Safe Drinking Water Hotline 1-800-426-4791.

The Authority was not required to monitor for Radon or Cryptosporidium in 2005. This monitoring is not required by State or federal Agencies. Additional monitoring will be required next year. Based on a study by ADEM with EPA approval a statewide waiver for the monitoring of Asbestos and Dioxin was issued. Thus, monitoring for these contaminants is not required.

The Authority is pleased to present this information to you. We constantly strive to protect your drinking water and provide quality tap water for each of you. Thank you for allowing us to serve you. Remember we have to work together to provide clean water to our children in the future.