Treasure Island Water System

2008 Consumer Confidence Report

Our Drinking Water Quality Is Excellent

The Treasure Island Country Club Water Distribution Team is pleased to provide you with this year's annual water quality report. We are committed to keeping you, as customers of the Treasure Island Country Club water system, informed about water quality and the water system. This process is essential to maintaining the highest quality drinking water possible.

The Water Distribution Team routinely monitors for contaminants in your drinking water according to federal and state laws. This report summarizes our monitoring for 2007. Our drinking water is safe and meets federal and state requirements. At this time, there are no detected contaminants. For details, see the section "Water Quality Summary."

Water Quality Health Information

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. You can obtain more information about contaminants and potential health effects by calling the EPA's Safe Drinking Water Hotline at 1-800-426-4791.

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 about drinking water from their health care providers. EPA/CDC guidelines on appropriate means to lessen the risk of infection by cryptosporidium and other microbiological contaminants are available from the Safe Drinking Water Hotline (1-800-426-4791).

Drinking Water Week Is May 4–10

A safe, reliable water supply is critical to the success of any community. It creates jobs, attracts industry and investment, and provides for the health and welfare of citizens in ways ranging from disease prevention to fire suppression. We often take our water supply for granted until it is threatened, either by drought, water main breaks, or some other event. For more than 30 years, the American Water Works Association (AWWA) and its members have celebrated Drinking Water Week — a unique opportunity for both water professionals and the communities they serve to join together to recognize the vital role water plays in our daily lives.

This year the AWWA has a promotional campaign called Only Tap Water Delivers. Simply put the campaign emphasizes the value of tap water service and the need to reinvest in water infrastructure. For more on the campaign, see the AWWA web site:

http://www.awwa.org/Advocacy/dww/

Water Use It Wisely

Water saving tip #28. Put food coloring in your toilet tank. If it seeps into the toilet bowl without flushing, you have a leak. Fixing it can save 400 gallons a month.

The Water Use It Wisely web site includes the above tip plus more than 100 others specific to our region of the United States. For more tips, see their web site:

http://www.wateruseitwisely.com

Excellent drinking water is a wonderful thing to have; let's conserve when we can. What we save is readily available; what we waste takes a long time to return and the quality is not guaranteed. Leaking valves, faucets, toilets, and water hoses can all add up to a huge loss of a valuable resource. Thank you for your care.

Protecting Our Water Source

Treasure Island water comes from three deep wells, one at each end of the island and one near the bridge. Areas around the wells are water supply protection areas, as is the entire island. The potential for groundwater contamination of the water system is assessed by the State through our Wellhead Protection Plan. Ratings for our wells range from moderate to low in terms of the amount of protection they need from pesticides and other contaminants. Ratings are important, but they don't protect the wells or groundwater by themselves. As users of the land over the groundwater and around the Island's wells, we are ALL responsible for water quality. Our water is not treated in any manner. To avoid chemical treatment, we need to continue to be extremely careful about what we spill or spread on the ground, flush into septic systems, or allow to backflow into the water mains.

Water Quality Summary

Your drinking water is regularly tested in accordance with federal and state regulations for compounds in the water source and distribution system. In 2007, we conducted tests for the compounds listed in the table below. The amounts of a compound allowed in drinking water are so small they are measured in parts per million or parts per billion.

1  Normally we take one total coliform sample per month.

Your drinking water currently meets the EPA's revised drinking water standard for arsenic. However, it does contain low levels of arsenic. There is a small chance that some people who drink water containing low levels of arsenic for many years could develop circulatory disease, cancer, or other health problems. Most types of cancer and circulatory diseases are due to factors other than exposure to arsenic. The EPA's standard balances the current understanding of arsenic's health effects against the costs of removing arsenic from drinking water.

Definitions

ppm is parts per million (equivalent to one penny in $10,000).

ppb is parts per billion (equivalent to one penny in $10,000,000).

MCL (Maximum Contaminant Level) 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.

MCLG (Maximum Contaminant Level Goal) is the level of a contaminant in drinking water below which no known or expected risk to health exists. MCLGs allow for a margin of safety.

N/A means not applicable.

Customer Views Are Welcome

If you have questions about this report or the water system, contact a member of the Water Distribution Team. We welcome questions and suggestions.

·        Skip Beahm, Water Distribution Manager III, 360-616-0489

·        Iris Ziller, Water System Commissioner/Board Member, 360-277-3735

·        Rod Wilkinson, Water System Secretary, 360-373-7491

To learn more, attend the bimonthly Treasure Island board meetings or the annual membership meeting in July

Visit the water system page on the Club's web site: http://www.treasureislandcountryclub.org/.

Report Date: May 2008

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