ANNUAL WATER REPORT

                      

City of Starke

2014 Annual Drinking Water Quality Report

PWS# 2040211

 

We're pleased to present to you this year's Annual Water Quality Report.  This report is designed to inform you about the quality water and services we deliver to you every day.  Our constant goal is to provide you with a safe and dependable supply of 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.  Our water source is ground water from three wells.  The wells draw from the Floridian aquifer.  Due to the excellent quality groundwater source, aeration for hydrogen sulfide removal, the addition of Fluoride for dental health and disinfection through chlorination is the only treatment necessary to produce an excellent quality and aesthetically pleasing product for the community.  We aim to provide the best quality water to you, the customer, at the lowest possible cost.

 

This report shows our water quality results and what they mean.

 

If you have any questions about this report or concerning your water utility, please contact Mr. Kyle Jerrels at (904) 964-7999.  We encourage our valued customers to be informed about their water utility.  If you want to learn more, please attend any of our regularly scheduled meetings.  They are held on the first and third Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. in the commission room at the City Hall, 209 N. Thompson St. Starke, FL 32091.

 

In 2014 the Department of Environmental Protection performed a Source Water Assessment on our system.  The assessment was conducted to provide information about any potential sources of contamination in the vicinity of our wells.  There is 1 potential source of contamination identified for this system with a low susceptibility level, and there are 3 potential sources of contamination identified for this system with a moderate susceptibility level.  The assessment results are available on the FDEP Source Water Assessment and Protection Program website at www.dep.state.fl.us/swapp or they can be obtained from the City of Starke.

 

The City of Starke routinely monitors for contaminants in your drinking water according to Federal and State laws, rules, and regulations.  Except where indicated otherwise, this report is based on the results of our monitoring for the period of January 1 to December 31, 2014.  Data obtained before January 1, 2014, and presented in this report are from the most recent testing done in accordance with the laws, rules, and regulations.

 

In the table below, you may find unfamiliar terms and abbreviations.  To help you better understand these terms we've provided the following definitions:

 

Maximum Contaminant Level or MCL: 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.

 

Maximum Contaminant Level Goal or MCLG: 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.