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![NOTICE TO THE PUBLICIMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR DRINKING WATERAnson County Water SystemDid Not Meet Treatment RequirementsOur water system recently violated a drinking water standard. Although this was not anemergency, as our customers, you have a right to know what happened, what you shoulddo, and what we did (are doing) to correct this situation.We routinely monitor your water for turbidity (doudiness). This tells us whether we areeffectively filtering the water supply. Normal turbidity levels atour plant are less than 0.3nephelometric turbidity units (NTU). Water samples taken on linsert date] showed levelsof a maximum of [insert reading] NTU. This was above the standard of 1 NTU. Because ofthe high level of turbidity, there is an increased chance that the water may contain diseasecausing organisms.You do not need to boil your water or take other actions. We do not know of anycontamination, and of our testing has shown disease-causing organisms in thedrinking water.If you have a severely compromised immune system, have an infant, are pregnant,or are elderly, you may be at increased fisk and should seek advice from your healthcare providers about drinking this water.General guidelines on ways to lessen therisk of infection by microbes are available from EPA's Safe Drinking Water Hotline at1-800-426-4791What does this mean?Turbidity has no health effects. However, turbidity can interfere withdisinfection and provide a medium for microbial growth. Turbidity mayindicate presence of disease-causing organisms. These organisms indudebacteria, viruses, and parasites that can cause symptoms such as nausea,cramps, diarhea, and associated headaches. These symptoms are not causedonly by organisms in drinking water. If you experience any of these symptoms andthey persist, you may want to seek medical advice.What is being done?Describe the reason for high turbidy, corrective actions taken and when the systemreturned or expects to return to compliance.]Please share this information with all the otherpeople who drink this water,especialy those who may not have received this notice directly (for example,people in apartments, nursing homes, schools, and businesses). You can dothis by posting this notice in public place or disturbuting copies by hand or bymail.Anson Conty aterPhone NumberViolation Awareness Dane: August-21-901Date Notke Diserbuted September--2017 Method ef Disn NewspaperPublic Notification CersiscationThe puble water sytm named sove hereby affens that pubilic notfication has boon peovided to its conand deadline equinements specifed in SSANGAC C 1523](https://localfusion.secure.ownlocal.com/img/uploads/6278670/hover_images.jpg)
