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 2008. Our drinking water is safe and meets federal and state requirements. 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

This year's promotional campaign theme for Drinking Water Week is the same as 2008: 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 excerpt below and the American Water Works Association (AWWA) web site: http://www.awwa.org/.

Water Use It Wisely

Water saving tip #58: Set a kitchen timer when watering your lawn or garden to remind you when to stop. A running hose can discharge up to 10 gallons a minute.

The Water Use It Wisely web site includes the above tip plus more than 100 others. For the complete list of tips, see their web site:

http://www.wateruseitwisely.com

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 2008, we conducted tests for more than 20 compounds known collectively as Inorganic Contaminants or IOCs. Only items that exceeded the state reporting levels, plus total coliform, which is tested monthly, are 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.

There is no MCL or MCLG for sodium. The EPA has established a recommended level of 20 ppm for sodium as a level of concern for those consumers who may be on sodium-restricted diets. The principal health effect is increased blood pressure.

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

·        Iris Ziller, Water System Commissioner/Board Member

·        Rod Wilkinson, Water System Secretary

To learn more, attend the 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 2009

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