TOWN OF BOYDTON                       PWSID NO. 5117100

INTRODUCTION

This Annual Drinking Water Quality Report for calendar year ( 2007 ) is designed to inform you about your drinking water quality.  Our goal is to provide you with a safe and dependable supply of drinking water, and we want you to understand the efforts we make to protect your water supply. The quality of your drinking water must meet state and federal requirements administered by the Virginia Department of Health (VDH).

If you have questions about this report or want additional information about any aspect of your drinking water or want to know how to participate in decisions that may affect the quality of your drinking water, please contact:

The times and location of regularly scheduled board meetings are as follows:

GENERAL INFORMATION

The sources of drinking water (both tap water and bottled water) include rivers, lakes, streams, ponds, reservoirs, springs, and wells. As water travels over the surface of the land or through the ground, it dissolves naturally occurring minerals and, in some cases, radioactive material, and can pick up substances resulting from the presence of animals or from human activity. Contaminants that may be present in source water include:

(1) Microbial contaminants, such as viruses and bacteria, which may come from sewage treatment plants, septic systems, agricultural livestock operations, and wildlife. (2) Inorganic contaminants, such as salts and metals, which can be naturally-occurring or result from urban storm water runoff, industrial or domestic wastewater discharges, oil and gas production, mining, or farming. (3) Pesticides and herbicides, which may come from a variety of sources such as agriculture, urban storm water runoff, and residential uses. (4) Organic chemical contaminants, including synthetic and volatile organic chemicals, which are byproducts of industrial processes and petroleum production, and can also come from gas stations, urban storm water runoff, and septic systems. (5) Radioactive contaminants, which can be naturally occurring or be the result of oil and gas production and mining activities. In order to ensure that tap water is safe to drink, EPA prescribes regulations, which limit the amount of certain contaminants in water provided by public water systems. Food and Drug Administration regulations establish limits for contaminants in bottled water, which must provide the same protection for public health.

All drinking water, including bottled drinking water, may reasonably be expected to contain at least small amounts of some contaminants, The presence of contaminants does not necessarily indicate that water poses a health risk.  More information can be obtained by calling the Environmental Protection Agency's Safe Drinking Water Hotline (800-426-4791).

Some people may be more vulnerable to contaminants in drinking water than the general population.  Immunocompromised persons such as persons with cancer undergoing chemotherapy, persons who have undergone organ transplants, people with HIV/AIDS or other immune system disorders, some elderly, and infants can be particularly at risk from infections, These people should seek advice about drinking water from their health care providers. EPA/CDC guidelines on appropriate means to lessen the risk of infection by cryptosporidium and other microbiological contaminants are available from the Safe Drinking Water Hotline (800-426-4791).

SOURCE OF YOUR DRINKING WATER

The source of your drinking water is surface water as described below.

The raw water intake is located on Lake Gaston on the Roanoke River. Treatment of the raw water by the Roanoke River Service Authority consists of chemical addition, coagulation, flocculation, settling (superpulsator), filtration, fluoridation, and chlorination. All of these processes work together to remove the physical, chemical, and biological contaminants to make water safe for drinking.

A Source Water Assessment of our system has been conducted by the Virginia Department of Health. The lake/river was determined to be of high susceptibility to contamination using the criteria developed by the state in its approved

Water Assessment Program. The assessment report consists of maps showing the source water assessment area, an inventory of known land use activities of concern and documentation of any known contamination within the last 5 years. Additional infonnation is available by contacting; Paul C. Malone, Plant Superintendent of Water Treatment at: (434-689-7772) Roanoke River Service Authority.

DEFINITIONS

Contaminants in your drinking water are routinely monitored according to Federal and State regulations, The tables on the next two pages shows the results of our monitoring for calendar year ( 2007 ). In the table and elsewhere in this report you will find many terms and abbreviations you might not be familiar with. The following definitions are provided to help you better understand these terms:

Non-detects (ND) - lab analysis indicates that the contaminant is not present within the detection limits of the instrument used

Parts per million (ppm) or Milligrams per liter (m/l) - one part per million corresponds to one minute in two years or one penny in $ 10,000.

Parts per billion (ppb) or Micrograms per liter - one part per billion corresponds to one minute in 2,000 years, or one penny in $ 10,000,000.

Picocuries per liter (pCiIL) - picocuries per liter is a measure of the radioactivity in water.

Nephelometric Turbidity Unit (NTU) – Nephelometric turbidity is a measure of the cloudiness of the water. Turbidity in excess of 5.0 NTU is just noticeable to the average person.

Action Level (AL) - the concentration of a contaminant which, if exceeded, triggers treatment or other requirements which a water system must follow,

Treatment Technique(TT) - a required process intended to reduce the level of a contaminant in drinking water.

Maximum Contaminant Level Goal, or MCLG - the level of a contaminant in drinking water below which there is no known or expected risk to health.  MCLGs allow for a margin of safety.

Maximum Contaminant Level, or 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.

Abbreviations: N/A-Not Applicable

Disinfection Byproducts

* Compliance will be based on average of 4 quarters

REGULATED CONTAMINANTS (Roanoke River Service Authority Analysis)

*footnote # I: Turbiditv is a measure of the cloudiness of the water and is used because it is a good indicator of how well the filtration system is functioning at the Water Treatment Plant. Turbidity sample results were taken at the Water Treatment Plant.

*footnote #2: The PMCL for beta particles is 4 mrem/year. The EPA considers 50 pCi/L to be the level of concern for beta particles.

*footnote #3: Total organic carbon (TOC) has no health effect. However, total organic carbon provides a medium for the formation of disinfection byproducts. These byproducts include trihalomethanes (THMs) and haloacetic acids (HAAs). Drinking water containing these byproducts in excess of the MCL may lead to adverse health effects, liver or kidney problems, or nervous systems effects, and may lead to an increased risk of getting cancer.

*footnote #4: TT = at least 95% of the monthly samples <0.3 NTU

We regularly monitor for various contaminants in the water supply to meet all regulatory requirements, The table lists only those contaminants that had some level of detection, and Many other contaminants have been analyzed but were not present or were below the detection limits of the lab equipment.

Most of the results in the table are from testing done in ( 2007 ). However, the state allows us to monitor for some contaminants less than once per year because the concentrations of these contaminants do not change frequently.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency sets MCL's at very stringent levels. In developing the standards EPA assumes that the average adult drinks 2 liters of water each day throughout a 70-year life span. EPA generally sets MCLs at levels that will result in no adverse health effects for some contaminants or a one-in-ten-thousand to one-in-a-million chance of having the described health effect for other contaminants.

VIOLATION INFORMATION

VIOLATIONS

The Town had two violations on March 15 and May 18, for (Levels Of Total Trihalomethane (TTHM) Above Drinking Water Standards ) To ensure satisfactory water quality, the Town routinely monitors for the presence of many drinking

water contaminants. Based on test results of routine samples collected during  2006 and 2007, our system exceeded the standard for maximum contaminant level (MCL) for total trihalomethane (TTHM). The standard for TTHM is 0.080 mg/L based on a four-quarter running average. The average concentration of TTHM over this monitoring period was 0.088 mg/L. This was not an immediate risk. If it had been, you would have been notified immediately. However, some people who drink water containing trihalomethane in excess of the MCL over many years could experience problems with their liver, kidneys, or central nervous systems, and may have an increased risk of getting cancer. TTHM along with other disinfection byproducts (DBP) are formed when trace amounts of naturally occurring organic compounds in the raw water source combine with chlorine that is used to disinfect the treated water. Because of changes in water temperature and other factors, DBP test results are normally highest during the third quarter (July, August and September). The Town is evaluating infrastructure and operational alternatives through in-house evaluations plus consultations with the Virginia Department of Health and professional engineers familiar with emerging technologies in this relatively new field. The public will be informed as more specific solutions and plans surface. This concern is not unique to the Town of Boydton.

This Water Quality Report was presented by:

Ray Smith, Operator

Town of Boydton

P.O. Box 62

Boydton Va. 23917