- What is the source of your drinking water? Where does your water ORIGINATE? (It is treated at a water treatment plant, but what watershed or aquifer is the sources of the water?)
- Eighteen operational groundwater wells are used to pump water thought the city. By the summer of 2016, Woodland was receiving most of it's water from the Sacramento River. Like any other water system in the country. Woodland's water goes to a treatment process for disinfection.
- What chemicals were found in your water that were higher than expected?
- Though, the Water Quality Report does not show any chemicals being out of range, several chemicals were close to the high range. These chemical included Radium, and Uranium. Radium had an average of 1.9 pCI/L, wich a range of 1.3-2 pCi/L. Uranium had an average of 0.6 pCi/L with as high range of .08 pCi/L
- What chemicals did you NOT expect to find in your water?
- I did not expect for the water to contain levels of Barium. According to the WQR, Barium comes from discharges of oil drilling wastes and from metal refineries.
- Are there associated health risks with the chemicals found in your water? (sources for this last question include the EPA, CDC, ATSDR and the National Library of Medicine's ToxNet program.
- What did you discover about your water quality?
- I was not surprised with the chemicals that I found in our water. The city does a good job at informing us about the quality of water through tv commercials and/or ads. Before moving to Woodland, I knew that the water contained various chemicals due to the surrounding agricultural fields.
- Do you use a filter for your water?
- No, I do not use a filter for our water at home. Though we do not use tap water to drink at home, we go and fill 5-gallon bottles with water at our local store.
- What are you trying to filter out?
- We decided not to drink water from the tap due to the taste of the water. After attempting to use a filter, we liked the water taste from the water we are able to get at our local store.
- Do you drink bottled water?
- No, we are 100% against the use of bottled water. We have various reusable water bottles that we use on a daily basis. For example I carry 1 1/2 gallon water bottle with me that I refill at least twice a day.
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I’m surprised to learn that Sacramento drinking water contains some low levels of Barium. I wonder if that is causing any health effects on the population. I’m planning to use a filter for our water at home. I have heard that it filters out particles in tap water making it cleaner and better tasting.
ReplyDeleteI too was not surprised about the number of chemicals in drinking water given the amount of agriculture around my town as well. 5% of the drinking water in my area is recycled treated wastewater and 30% is from Northern California. I do not mind the taste of tap water and my Brita filter but my girlfriend cannot stand it; she buys water from the local store as well.
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