Drinking Water Source Assessment Sample Clauses

Drinking Water Source Assessment. The Drinking Water Source Assessment for the City of Celina was drafted in July of 2003 by Xxxx Xxxxxx-Xxxxxx and Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, Ohio EPA Division of Surface water and Xxx Xxxx, Ohio EPA, Division of Drinking and Ground Waters, Central Office. According to this report, ―Several pesticides (alachlor, atrazine, metolochlor, simazine, and cyanazine) and nitrates have been detected in the finished water indicating an impact from land use activities within the Grand Lake watershed‖. It also mentions that the City of Celina is having difficulties complying with maximum contaminant levels of Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) which is a byproduct of chlorine disinfection. This by- product of water treatment (TTHMs) is of a carcinogenic nature (cancer causing). This difficulty has been attributed to the high levels of total organic carbon present in the lake. The City of Celina‘s drinking water source has been shown to be susceptible to pollution from sources such as ―agricultural runoff, industrial and commercial sources, home construction runoff, oil and gas production activities, unsewered areas, waste water treatment plant discharges, combined sewer overflows, airports and landfills‖. Further protection may be accomplished by Education and outreach, coordination with existing activities, zoning ordinances, water quality monitoring and emergency response planning. According to the assessment, ―Source water protection efforts for the City of Celina should focus on controlling agricultural runoff and runoff from cattle grazing pastures; with particular attention to sources of pesticides, nitrates, phosphorus, and microorganisms such as fecal coliform bacteria‖. The entire document can be obtained from the Grand Lake/Wabash Watershed Alliance or the Xxxxxx Soil and Water Conservation District office. In the legend portion of all maps, the abbreviation WTP indicates the Water Treatment Plant intake pipe and the Corridor Management Zone is defined as: ―an area along streams and tributaries within the source water assessment area that warrants delineation, inventory, and management. Typically, this zone runs a total of ten miles upstream from the intake, and includes the tributaries that drain into it. The zone is 1,000 feet wide on each side of the Grand Lake mainstem and 500 feet wide on each side of any tributaries.‖The City of Celina is continuing to make improvements on its water treatment system. In 2008, they installed an activated granulated carbon system. This ha...
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