Our Watershed Protection Efforts Our Goshen Water Utility is working with the THE MAPLE CITY community to increase awareness of better waste COMMON GOOD • UNCOMMONLY GREAT disposal practices to even further protect the sources of our drinking water. We are also working with other agencies and with local watershed groups to educate the community on ways to keep our water safe. Household hazardous waste collections are held at the Elkhart County Correctional Facility near the intersection of CR 2016 Goshen Water Utility 7 and CR 26 (Enter off of CR 7). Hours of collections are 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. the first Saturday of every month. Help Keep Pharmaceuticals out of the Water Consumer You can help keep our water free of certain contaminants by properly disposing of your pharmaceuticals. The City of Goshen has a pharmaceutical drop-off available at the Goshen Police Department, 111 E. Jefferson Street. A green drop-box is located in the Police Department lobby. Confidence Report Drop-off hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. KENT HOLDREN, WATER SUPERINTENDENT, (574) 534-5306 Delivering Excellence Clean and safe drinking water is a top priority for the City of Goshen. To make sure you are well informed about your water, the Goshen Water Utility provides this annual report that outlines the quality of our drinking water, what it contains, and how its quality compares to EN Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and State of Indiana standards. ESPAÑOL Este informe About our Water Our Water Origins contiene Goshen is committed to provide you The Goshen Water Department has two informacio’n with all the information you may want groundwater treatment plants. The North to know about the quality of the water Plant (308 N. Fifth St.) has six wells and muy importante you drink. You can ask questions about four high-pressure pumps that can produce sobre la calidad water quality at the Goshen Board of 5.9 million gallons of water per day. The del agua potable Public Works and Safety meeting every Kercher Plant (1513 Eisenhower Drive N.) Monday at 2 p.m. Meetings are conducted has three wells and three high-pressure que usted at 111 E. Jefferson St., Goshen, IN. pumps that can produce 5.1 million gallons consume. Por per day. Goshen is located on the Kankakee favor traduzcalo, All information contained in this report Outwash and Lacustrine Plain, which is in was collected in 2015 and reported in the Northern Moraine and Lake Region. o hable con Goshen, IN 46528 IN Goshen, accordance with rules and regulations of alguien que 308 N. Fifth Street Fifth N. 308 the Indiana Department of Environmental Goshen’s Water is Safe Management (IDEM) and the United States lo entienda City of Goshen of City Drinking water, including bottled water, may Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). bien y pueda reasonably be expected to contain at least explicarle. continued on page 2 continued from page 1 certain contaminants that can be by reading the current planning from urban stormwater runoff, industrial or domestic wastewater trace amounts of some contaminants. present in the water provided by the document on the City’s website, discharges, oil and gas production, The presence of these contaminants public drinking water system. The goshenindiana.org, at the Goshen and mining or farming operations. does not indicate that the water poses City of Goshen is required to treat our Public Library, 601 S. Fifth Street, a health risk or that it is not suitable water according to EPA regulations and also at the Goshen Water Pesticides and Herbicides may for drinking. More information about in order to ensure the protection of Department at 308 N. Fifth Street. come from a variety of sources, public health. Moreover, U.S. Food and such as agriculture, stormwater drinking water contaminants and Common Contaminants their potential health effects can be Drug Administration (FDA) regulations runoff, and residential uses. obtained by calling the Environmental establish limits for contaminants that in Most Water Systems Organic Chemical Contaminants, Protection Agency’s (EPA) Safe Drinking may be present in bottled water. Indeed, It is very common for community including synthetic and volatile organic Water Hotline at (800) 426-4791. the City’s water quality requirements water systems to have trace amounts chemicals, which are by-products of are every bit as stringent for safety as The sources of drinking water (both tap of contaminants in their drinking water industrial processes and petroleum the requirements for bottled water. production operations, and can also and bottled water) include rivers, lakes, and they are required to inform the public that they exist. The following result from gas stations, urban storm- streams, ponds, reservoirs, springs Keeping Contaminants Out list outlines common contaminants water runoff, and septic systems. and groundwater. As water travels The best way to maintain high in most community water systems Radioactive Contaminants can be over the surface of the land or through quality drinking water is to prevent and explains their origins. naturally occurring or the result of oil and the ground, it dissolves naturally- contaminants from reaching drinking gas production and mining activities. occurring minerals, radioactive material water sources. In order to optimize Microbial Contaminants, such as viruses and bacteria, may and can pick up waste substances the safety of our water, the City of Possible Precautions chemotherapy, people who have advice about drinking water from their from animal and human activity. Goshen completed a Phase I Wellhead come from sewage treatment undergone an organ transplant, health care providers. The EPA has set Protection Plan in 2003. The City plants, septic systems, agricultural Some people may be more vulnerable people with HIV/AIDS or other kinds guidelines designed to lessen the risk Safety Guidelines completed the follow-up Phase II livestock operations, and wildlife. to contaminants in drinking water of immune system disorders, some of infection by cryptosporidium and than the general population. Immuno- In order to ensure tap water is safe Wellhead Protection Plan in 2011. You Inorganic Contaminants, such elderly individuals, and infants may be other microbial contaminants. These compromised individuals, including to drink, the EPA has spelled out can learn more about Goshen’s efforts as salts and metals, can be at risk to infection. These individuals or guidelines are available from the Safe people with cancer who are undergoing regulations to limit the amount of to secure your groundwater source naturally occurring, or result their caregivers are encouraged to seek Drinking Water Hotline at (800) 426-4791. Water Quality Data Organic Contaminants These tables list all the contaminants we detected in City water during the 2015 calendar year. The presence of these contaminants Date Contaminant MCL MCLG Units Result Min Max Violates Likely Sources in the water does not indicate the water posed a health risk. In fact, none of the test results indicated a violation of federal, state or City standards for water quality and public health. Unless otherwise indicated, the data present in this table is from Cis-1,2- Discharge from industrial 4/21/15 70 70 ug/l 4.8 0 4.8 No testing done between January 1, 2015, and December 31, 2015. IDEM requires us to monitor for certain contaminants at a dichloroethylene chemical factories frequency less than once per year because the concentrations of these contaminants are not expected to vary significantly Natural occuring element in rock, 4/21/15 Chromium 0.01 0.01 mg/l 0.001 0 0.001 No from one year to another. Some of the data, although representative of the water quality, may be more than one year old. animals, plants and soils Inorganic Contaminants Radiological Contaminants Date Contaminant MCL MCLG Units Result Min Max Violates Likely Sources Date Contaminant MCL MCLG Units Result Min Max Violates Likely Sources Discharge of drilling wastes; Discharge from metal 4/21/15 Barium 2 2 mg/l 0.16 0.11 0.16 No refineries; Erosion of natural deposits 7/7/14 Gross alpha 15 0 pCi/l 0.91 0.39 0.91 No Erosion of natural deposits Erosion of natural deposits; Leaching from wood Copper (90th 1.3 Gross beta Decay of natural and man-made 7/7/14 1.3 mg/l 0.079 0.07 0.98 No preservatives; Corrosion of household plumbing 7/7/14 50 0 pCi/l 1.4 1.4 1.4 No percentile) (AL) particle activity deposits systems Radium, Erosion of natural deposits; Water additive which 7/7/14 combined 5 0 pCi/l 3.1 2.6 3.1 No Erosion of natural deposits 4/21/15 Fluoride 4 4 mg/l 0.7 0.4 1.1 No promotes strong teeth; Discharge from fertilizer and (223, 228) aluminum factories 7/7/14 Radium - 226 5 0 pCi/l 0.82 0.38 0.82 No Erosion of natural deposits Lead (90th 15 7/7/14 15 ug/l <1.0 <1.0 2.4 No Corrosion of household plumbing percentile) (AL) 7/7/14 Radium - 228 5 0 pCi/l 2.62 0.78 2.62 No Erosion of natural deposits Disinfection Byproducts & Precursors Unregulated Contaminants Date Contaminant MCL MCLG Units Result Min Max Violates Likely Sources Date Contaminant MCL MCLG Units Result Min Max Violates Likely Sources 5/18/15 Sodium n/a 0 mg/l 23.0 14.0 23.0 No Erosion of natural deposits; Leaching Total haloacetic 2015 60 0 ug/l 1-7.2 1 7.2 No By-product of drinking water chlorination acids (haa5) MCL: Maximum contaminant level, the highest level AL: Action level, the concentration of a contaminant ug/l Parts per billion, a measure for concentration of a contaminant allowed in drinking water.