Manheim Borough Authority, Manheim, Pennsylvania
Annual Water Quality Report July 1, 2011
Public Water System ID# 7360078
2009 PDF Version 
2010 PDF Version
We are pleased to present to you this year's Annual Drinking Water Quality Report. This report is designed to inform you about the quality of water and services we deliver to you every day. Our constant goal is to provide you with a dependable supply of safe drinking water. We want you to understand the efforts we make to continually improve the water treatment process and protect our water resources. We are committed to ensuring the quality of your water. The source of our drinking water is two wells drilled into the Eplea formation aquifer, which lies about 200 feet below the earth’s surface known as well #4 and well #6. An aquifer is an underground body of water, which is tapped by drilling wells and pumping the water to the surface for distribution. The 200 feet of earth between surface sources and this aquifer helps to purify the water before it actually reaches the aquifer, making it easier for us to treat before we pump it into your water distribution system. We are pleased to report that our drinking water meets or exceeds Federal and State requirements. The following report is provided in compliance with Federal regulations and will be provided annually. This report outlines the quality of our finished drinking water and what that quality means.
If you have any questions about this report call: Water Hotline (1-800-426-4791). Please call our office if you have questions.
2010 Water Quality Report
2009 Annual Water
Report or concerning your water utility, please contact the Borough Authority Administrator, David Fenicle at (717) 665-2461.
We want our valued customers to be informed about their water utility. If you want to learn more, please attend any of our regularly scheduled Authority meetings held on the 3rd Thursday of every month at the Borough Hall beginning at 7:00 P.M.
The Manheim water department routinely monitors for contaminants in your drinking water according to Federal and State laws. The tables on the below show the results of our monitoring for the period of January 1st to December 31st, 2010. As water travels over the land or underground it can pick up substances or contaminants such as microbes, inorganic and organic chemicals, and radioactive substances. All drinking water, including bottled drinking water, may be reasonably expected to contain at least small amounts of some contaminants. It's important to remember that the presence of these contaminants does not necessarily pose a health risk. The Authority is only required to provide information on regulated contaminants that it has detected in the finished water supply. All contaminants tested for, but with results below the detection limit, are not herein listed. Unless noted, the data in the table below was generated from sampling done in the year 2010. The state requires us to monitor for certain parameters on multi-year intervals, so some of the results are greater than one year old. The results greater than one year old are noted.
Definitions
In this report you will find many terms and abbreviations you might not be familiar with. To help you better understand these terms we've provided the following definitions:
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Action Level (AL) - the concentration of a contaminant which, if exceeded, triggers treatment or other requirements which a water system must follow.
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Treatment Technique (TT) - A treatment technique is a required process intended to reduce the level of a contaminant in drinking water.
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Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) – The “Maximum Allowed” is the highest level of a contaminant that is allowed in drinking water. MCLs are set as close to the MCLGs as feasible using the best available treatment technology.
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Maximum Contaminant Level Goal (MCLG) – The “Goal” is the level of a contaminant in drinking water below which there is no known or expected risk to health. MCLGs allow for a margin of safety.
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Non-Detects (ND) – laboratory analysis indicates that the constituent is not present.
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Not Applicable (NA) – does not apply
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Parts per million (ppm) or Milligrams per liter (mg/l) - one part per million corresponds to one minute in two years or a single penny in $10,000.
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Parts per billion (ppb) or Micrograms per liter (ug/l) - one part per billion corresponds to one minute in 2,000 years, or a single penny in $10,000,000.
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Picocuries per liter (pCi/l – a measure of radioactivity
Some people who drink water containing tetrachloroethylene in excess of the MCL over many years could have problems with their liver, and may have an increased risk of getting cancer.
Nitrate in drinking water at levels above 10 mg/l is a health risk for infants of less than six months of age. High nitrate levels in drinking water can cause blue baby syndrome. Nitrate levels may rise quickly for short periods of time because of rainfall or agricultural activity. If you are caring for an infant you should ask for advice from your health care provider.
All sources of drinking water are subject to potential contamination by substances that are naturally occurring or manmade. These substances can be microbes, inorganic or organic chemicals and radioactive substances. All drinking water, including bottled water, may reasonably 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 Safe Drinking Water Hotline at (1-800-426-4791).
MCL’s are set at very stringent levels. To understand the possible health effects describe for many regulated constituents, a person would have to drink 2 liters of water every day at the MCL level for a lifetime to have a one-in-a-million chance of having the described health effect.
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Some people may be more vulnerable to contaminants in drinking water than the general population. Immuno-compromised persons such as persons with cancer undergoing chemotherapy, persons who have undergone organ transplants, people with HIV/AIDS or other immune system disorders, some elderly, and infants can be particularly at risk from infections. These people should seek advice from their health care providers about drinking water. EPA/CDC guidelines on appropriate means to lessen the risk of infection by cryptosporidium and other microbiological contaminants are available from the Safe Drinking
For more information contact the EPA’s Safe Drinking Water Hotline at
1-800-426-4791
