Water Systems and Private Wells
Water Systems and Private Wells
Formal agreement with EPA
Washington
State
has a formal agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for
meeting the requirements of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), which
was passed in 1974 and amended in 1986 and 1996.
The SDWA
includes water quality standards, sampling, treatment, and public notification
requirements.
Generally,
the SDWA applies to water systems with 15 or more connections, or those
regularly serving 25 or more people daily, 60 or more days per year.
Approximately 4,200 public water systems in Washington are subject to the SDWA.
State regulations require
periodic
sanitary survey inspections
Sanitary
surveys are periodic inspections of water system facilities, operations, and
record keeping. The inspections identify conditions that may present a sanitary
or public health risk.
Washington State regulations (WAC 246-290-416) call for a routine sanitary
survey of all Group A public drinking water systems once every five years,
except for community surface water systems, which are to be surveyed once every
three years.
Consumer Confidence Reports
The
Consumer Confidence Report was adopted as a state rule in June 2000.
This state
regulation requires Group A community water systems to provide their customers
with a report each year about the quality of water being served by the system.
Group A
water systems serve 15 or more connections or 25 or more people.
The
Consumer Confidence Report is required to be delivered to water system customers
and the State Department of Health before July 1 of each year.
Certified Water Labs
Anatek
Labs
1282 Alturas Drive
Moscow, ID
83843
1-800-943-2839
Anatek Labs Website
Directions from Pullman: As you come into town, the Moscow-Pullman Highway
will become Third Street. When you reach the downtown area, turn right onto
Jackson Street (THIS IS A ONE WAY STREET). Jackson veers to the left and after,
you will continue straight onto the Troy Highway #8. You will be heading toward
the eastern side of Moscow. There will be a street light. Take the first right
AFTER the light into Alturas Technology Park. Anatek Labs, Inc. has a green
roof. (Paradise Ford, Safeway and Eastside Marketplace are all nearby.)
Well Logs
A 'Well Log' is a Well
Report and describes the location, ownership, construction details and lithology
of a completed well. This web site enables you to search for wells which have
well reports and to view the well report using a variety of search tools.
WELL
LOG REPORTS
How to Disinfect
Your Well
Click
here for easy-to-follow
instructions on effectively disinfecting a well that has tested positive for
contaminates.
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