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Town of Frannie

Annual Drinking Water Quality Report

January 1, 2015 – December 31, 2015

Public Information Available

We are pleased to provide you with our annual Water Quality Report. We would like everyone who uses water from our system to have access to this report. Those in our community who live in apartments, trailer courts, etc. may not have received notification of this report because they do not receive a bill from us. If you know of someone who is a non-bill paying customer, we would ask that you share your copy of the report with them. Additional copies are available at Town Hall and on our website at The purpose of this report is to inform you about the quality of water and services that we deliver to you. Our goal is to provide you with a constant supply of safe and dependable drinking water.

If you have questions about this report or concerning your water utility, contact Town Hall, 305 Fifth Street, phone 307-664-2323. You may attend any of our regular meetings, which are held the first Monday of each month at 7:00 p.m. at the Town Hall. You may also contact Craig Barsness of Shoshone Municipal Pipeline at 307-527-6492. Shoshone Municipal Pipeline board meetings are held the second Monday of each month at 10:00 a.m. at the water treatment plant, 50 Agua Via, Cody, Wyoming. You may visit for more information on Shoshone Municipal Pipeline.

A source water assessment has been done by Shoshone Municipal Pipeline and is available for viewing at Town Hall.

Water Quality

Water supplied to Frannie residents has been of higher quality than is required by the Safe Drinking Water Standards. We are pleased to report that there were no violations of the drinking water requirements.

The Town of Frannie and Shoshone Municipal Pipeline routinely monitor for contaminants in your drinking water according to Federal and State laws. The attached table shows the results of our monitoring for the period January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2015. 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. More information about contaminants and potential health effects can be obtained by calling the Environmental Protection Agency’s Safe Drinking Water Hotline at 1-800-426-4791.

Source of Water

We purchase our water from Shoshone Municipal Pipeline. SMP draws water from the Buffalo Bill Reservoir and processes it at a large water treatment plant located near Cody, Wyoming using conventional treatment processes of coagulation, flocculation, sedimentation, filtration and disinfection. This plant and pipeline provide drinking water to several communities and much of the rural area in the NorthernBigHornBasin. There are many tests performed on the water, both before and after it is treated, to monitor the quality.

The sources of our drinking water include rivers, lakes, streams, ponds, reservoirs and springs. As water travels over the surface of the land or through the ground, it can dissolve naturally-occurring minerals and, in some cases, radioactive materials. The water can also pick up substances such as: (1) Microbial contaminants, such as viruses and bacteria, which may come from sewage treatment plants, septic systems, agriculture operations and wildlife (2) Inorganic contaminants, such as salts and metals, which can be naturally-occurring or result from urban run-off, industrial or domestic wastewater discharges, oil and gas production, mining or farming (3) Pesticides and herbicides, which may come from agriculture, urban storm water runoff, and residential uses (4) Organic chemical contaminants, which can come from industrial processes, gas stations, urban storm water runoff and septic systems (5) Radioactive contaminants, which can be naturally-occurring or the result of oil and gas production and mining activities.

In order to ensure that tap water is safe to drink, EPA establishes regulations that limit the amount of certain contaminants in water provided by public water systems. The Food and Drug Administration establishes limits for contaminants in bottled water.

Special Information Available

Some people may be more vulnerable to contaminants in drinking water than the general population. Immune-compromised persons such as person with cancer undergoing chemotherapy, persons who have undergone organ transplants, people with HIV/AIDS or other immune disorders, some elderly and infants can be particularly at risk for infections. These people should seek advice about drinking water from their health care providers. EPA/CDC guidelines are 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.

If present, elevated levels of lead can cause serious health problems, especially for pregnant women and young children. Lead in drinking water is primarily from materials and components associated with service lines and home plumbing. The Town of Frannie is responsible for providing high quality drinking water, but cannot control the variety of materials used in plumbing components. When your water has been sitting for several hours, you can minimize the potential for lead exposure by flushing your tap for 30 seconds to 2 minutes before using the water for drinking or cooking. If you are concerned about lead in drinking water, you may wish to have you water tested. Information on lead in drinking water, testing methods, and steps you can take to minimize exposure is available from the Safe Drinking Water Hotline or at .

Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs)

MCL’s are set at very stringent levels. To experience possible health effects described for many regulated contaminants, a person would have to drink 2 liters of water every day at the MCL level for a lifetime to have a one in a million chance of having the described health effect.As you can see from the table, our system had no violations. We are proud that your drinking water has met or been of higher quality than the Federal and State requirements.

Some of our data in the tables is more than 1 year old since certain chemical contaminants are monitored less than once a year. Our sampling frequency complies with EPA drinking water regulations.

Town of Frannie – Treated Water Quality 2015

MICROBIOLOGICAL CONTAMINANTS

Contaminant / Unit of Measurement / Range of Detection / Level Detected / MCL / MCLG / Likely source of contamination
Total Coliform Bacteria / Positive or Negative / 0 / No / Presence in 5% of monthly samples / 0 / Naturally present in the environment
Turbidity / NTU / 0.03-0.06 / 0.06 NTU / No sample >1
95% < 0.3 / n/a / Soil runoff

INORGANIC CONTAMINANTS

Contaminant / Unit of Measurement / Range of Detection / Level Detected / MCL / MCLG
/ Likely source of contamination
Nitrate / ppm / 0.05 / 0.05 / 10 / 10 / Runoff from fertilizer use; leaching from septic tanks; sewage; erosion of natural deposits
Sodium / Ppm / 18 / 18 / n/a / n/a / By-product of drinking water disinfection

DISINFECTION BY-PRODUCTS

Parameter / Unit of Measurement / Range of Detection / Level Detected / MCL / MCLG / Likely Source of Contamination
Total Trihalomethanes / ppb / 21 - 21 / 21
(RAA) / 80 / n/a / By-product of drinking water disinfection
Total Haloacetic Acids / ppb / 20 – 20 / 20
(RAA) / 60 / n/a / By-product of drinking water disinfection
Chlorine / Mg/L / 0.52-1.36 / 0.89
(RAA) / Chlorine is used as a disinfectant in water treatment.

Testing is now required for Haloacetic Acids so the results are in the above chart. These results must be reported because monitoring for them is required and they were detected, but they have no MCLs, ALs nor TTs.

RADIONUCLIDES

Parameter / Unit of Measurement / Range of Detection / Level / MCL
Uranium
*tested in 2013 / ppb / 0.25 / 0.25 / 30
Gross alpha
*tested in 2013 / pCi/L / 2.0 / 2.0 / 15
Combined Radium
*tested in 2013 / pCi/L / 0.1 / 0.1 / 5

OTHER REQUIRED TESTING

Contaminant / Unit of Measure / MCL
Highest level allowed / Highest Level Detected / Likely source of contamination
Lead
*tested in 2013 / Ppb / 0.015
(AL) / .003 / Erosion of natural deposits; corrosion of household plumbing
Copper
*tested in 2013 / Ppm / 1.3
(AL) / .107 / Erosion of natural deposits; corrosion of household plumbing; leaching from wood preservatives

SECONDARY STANDARDS AND UNREGULATED CONTAMINANTS

Parameters / Unit of Measurement / Range of Detection / Level Detected (averages)
pH / pH / 7.2-9.1 / 8.5
Total dissolved solids / ppm / 88-109 / 99
Iron / ppm / 0.01-0.02 / .01
Calcium / ppm / 36-55 / 45
Hardness / ppm / 48-65 / 55
Total alkalinity as CaCO3 / ppm / 48-66 / 57
Sulfate / ppm / 25 / 25
Giardia / #/100L / 0 / 0
Cryptosporidium / #/100L / 0 / 0

Definitions:

  • Maximum Contaminant Level Goal (MCLG): The level of a contaminant in drinking water below which there is no known or expected health risk. MCLGs allow a margin of safety.
  • Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL): 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.
  • Maximum residual disinfectant level goal (MRDLG): The level of a drinking water disinfectant below which there is no known or expected risk to health. MRDLGs do not reflect benefits of the use of disinfectants to control microbial contaminants.
  • Maximum residual disinfectant level (MRDL): The highest level of a disinfectant allowed in drinking water. There is convincing evidence that addition of a disinfectant is necessary for control of microbial contaminants.
  • Action level (AL): The concentration of a contaminant which, if exceeded, triggers treatment or other requirements which a water system must follow. Action levels are reported at the 90th percentile
  • Treatment technique (TT): A required process intended to reduce the level of a contaminant in drinking water.
  • Turbidity: The measure of the cloudiness of water. It is used to indicate water quality and filtration effectiveness.
  • Nephelometric Turbidity Unit (NTU): measurement of turbidity in drinking water
  • Ppm: parts per million; Ppb: parts per billion; #/100 L: number of organisms per 100 liters of water; Mg/L: milligrams per liter

Town of Frannie 2015 CCR…distribute by July 1, 2016