What Is a Water Quality Report?
A water quality report, also called a consumer confidence report, lets you know what contaminants, if any, are in your drinking water and how these contaminants may affect your health. It lists all the regulated toxicants that were detected in your water over the preceding calendar year. Who Gets a Water Quality Report? A water quality report is available for every customer of a community water system, which is one that provides year-round service to more than 15 households or more than 25 people. When Is a Water Quality Report Issued? You should receive your water quality report by July 1 of each year. What Does a Water Quality Report Tell You? Every water quality report must contain certain information: The source of the drinking water, be it a river, lake, groundwater aquifer or some other body of water. A brief summary of the state’s source water assessment of the susceptibility of the source water to contamination and how to get a copy of the complete assessment. EPA regulations a
