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Date: 4/13/2021
HATFIELD – Hatfield’s Annual Water Quality Report for year 2020 has been released by the Hatfield Water Department.
Anthony Lastowski, Hatfield’s highway/water superintendent, said they are confident in this year’s report.
Lastowski emphasized, “We ensure clean water drinking – no violations.”
The report reads, “Once again, we are pleased to present our annual water quality report covering all testing performed between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2020. As in years past, we are committed to delivering the best-quality drinking water possible. To that end, we remain vigilant in meeting the challenges of new regulations, source water protection, water conservation, and community outreach and education while continuing to serve the needs of all water users.”
Hatfield Water Department customers receive their water from three sources. Their primary drinking water supply is surface water that the water treatment plan draws from the Running Gutter Brook Reservoir – holding about 1.6 millions gallons of water. Before entering the distribution system, the facility filters and disinfects the water with chlorine.
The other two sources are the West Hatfield and the Omasta groundwater wells. Groundwater is the safest and highest-quality water available. Due to their high quality, these sources aren’t being treated at this time.
The Hatfield Water Department said, “Our water is monitored for many different kinds of substances on a very strict sampling schedule, and the water we deliver must meet specific health standards.”
They added, “We participated in the fourth stage of the U.S. EPA’s Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR4) program by performing additional tests on our drinking water. UCMR4 sampling benefits the environment and public health by providing the U.S. EPA with data on the occurrence of contaminants suspected to be in drinking water in order to determine if U.S. EPA needs to introduce new regulatory standards to improve drinking water quality.”
In the report, only substances that are detected in the water are required to be released. Substance detection does not mean the water is unsafe to drink, however, the goal of Hatfield Water Department is to keep the detects below their respected maximum allowed levels.
Regulated substances were tested and reported. Barium (ppm), Haloacetic Acids [HAAs]1, Nitrate (ppm), TTHMs [Total Trihalomethanes] (ppb) and Lead (ppb), all detected normal levels with no violation.
Secondary substances such as Copper, Iron, Manganese, pH, and sulfate also had no violations.