Required Notice About Past Turbidity Levels

 

This notice concerns turbidity measurements recorded in April and May 2026. 

 

Our water system recently violated a drinking water requirement. Although this was not an emergency, as our customers, you have a right to know what happened, what you should do, and what we did (are doing) to correct this situation.

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Federal and state drinking-water regulations require the City to notify customers about the earlier exceedances, even though the issue has been corrected.

 

We routinely monitor your water for turbidity (cloudiness). This tells us whether we are effectively filtering the water supply. In April and May 2026, the City’s finished-water turbidity measurements exceeded 1.0 NTU. 

Although the measurements were relatively low, the standard is that no more than 5% (percent) of samples may exceed 1.0 turbidity units per month. Normal turbidity levels at our plant are under 1.0 NTU, therefore the City received a Turbidity Exceedance Violation. 

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Recent water-quality results are below 1.0 NTU, and the water system is currently in compliance.

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What should I do?

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• There is nothing you need to do. You do not need to boil your water or take other actions. We do not know of any contamination, and none of our testing has shown disease-causing organisms in the drinking water.

• If you have a severely compromised immune system, have an infant, are pregnant, or are elderly, you may be at increased risk and should seek advice from your healthcare providers about drinking this water. General guidelines on ways to lessen the risk of infection by microbes are available on the EPA Ground Water and Drinking Water Website at https://www.epa.gov/ground-water-and-drinking-water.

 

What does this mean?

 

This is NOT an emergency. If it had been, you would have been notified within 24 hours.

 

• Turbidity has NO health effects. However, turbidity can interfere with disinfection and provide a medium for microbial growth. Turbidity may indicate the presence of disease causing organisms. These organisms include bacteria, viruses, and parasites which can cause symptoms such as nausea, cramps, diarrhea, and associated headaches.

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These symptoms are not caused only by organisms in drinking water. If you experience any of these symptoms and they persist, you may want to seek medical advice.

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What is being done?

 

Recent water-quality results are below 1.0 NTU, and the water system is currently in compliance.

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For more information, please contact TJ Yockey at 208 596 8847

State Water System ID#: 2290041

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