This information is provided to our customer who may have health issues and or may require a special treatment process due to immune deficiencies or other severe health conditions.  If your physician has advised an alternate drinking water source or filtered water, here is a website which provides NSF Certified Home Treatment applications which assist in reducing elements in drinking water: www.nsf.org/consumer/

East Cedar Creek FWSD Public Notice Maximum Contaminate Level (MCL) exceeded for Haloacetic Acids (Brookshire Water Treatment Plant) 08/20/2010   The East Cedar Creek Fresh Water Supply District has been notified by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) that the water this system supplies has exceeded the maximum contaminant level (MCL) for HALOACETIC ACIDS (HAA5’s).    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) has established the MCL for HALOACETIC ACIDS at 0.060 mg/L, and has determined that it is a health concern at levels above the MCL. The District has received results for the second quarter of 2010 and the results for Haloacetic Acids were 0.042 mg/L, well below the 0.060 mg/L MCL. However the running annual average (4-quarters averaged) remains out of compliance with a 0.069 mg/L running average.   This is not an emergency. However, some people who drink water containing Haloacetic Acids in excess of the MCL over many years may have an increased risk of getting cancer. You do not need to use an alternative water supply. However, if you have health concerns, you may want to talk to your doctor to get more information about how this may affect you.  This exceedance is not an acute violation, meaning not a significant risk to your health.  EPA’s clarification is as follows.  A person would have to drink two liters of water every day at the maximum contaminant level for a lifetime to have a one-in-a-million chance of having the described health effect listed in the public notice. This public notification will continue to be posted every quarter until 4-quarter averaging will be less than 0.060 mg/L.   ECCFWSD has changed treatment techniques and is now using liquid alum to assist in reducing disinfection by products. We feel confident that the changes made in water treatment will continue to meet the MCL on a quarterly basis and the Haloacetic Acid MCL requirement will be at or below the EPA requirement of 0.60 mg/L on the annual running average by the 3rd quarter of this year. Please share this information with all the other people who drink this water, especially those who may not have received this notice directly (for example: people in apartments, nursing homes, schools and businesses). You can do this by posting this notice in a public place or distributing copies by hand or mail.   Visit the District’s web site at: www.eastcedarcreek.net for information regarding your water and sewer district. If you have any questions concerning this notice, you may contact Bill Goheen, General Manager, at 903-887-7103.

East Cedar Creek FWSD Public Notice Maximum Contaminate Level (MCL) exceeded for Haloacetic Acids (McKay Water Treatment Plant) 08/30/2010 The East Cedar Creek Fresh Water Supply District has been notified by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TECQ) that the water this system supplies has exceeded the maximum contaminant level (MCL) for HALOACETIC ACIDS (HAA5’s).    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) has established the MCL for HALOACETIC ACIDS at 0.060 mg/L, and has determined that it is a health concern at levels above the MCL. The District has received results for the second quarter of 2010 and the results for Haloacetic Acids were 0.050 mg/L, well below the 0.060 mg/L MCL. However the running annual average (4-quarters averaged) remains out of compliance with a 0.061 mg/L running average.   This is not an emergency. However, some people who drink water containing Haloacetic Acids in excess of the MCL over many years may have an increased risk of getting cancer. You do not need to use an alternative water supply. However, if you have health concerns, you may want to talk to your doctor to get more information about how this may affect you.  This exceedance is not an acute violation, meaning not a significant risk to your health.  EPA’s clarification is as follows.  A person would have to drink two liters of water every day at the maximum contaminant level for a lifetime to have a one-in-a-million chance of having the described health effect listed in the public notice. This public notification will continue to be posted every quarter until 4-quarter averaging will be less than 0.060 mg/L.   ECCFWSD has changed treatment techniques and is now using liquid alum to assist in reducing disinfection by products. We feel confident that the changes made in water treatment will continue to meet the MCL on a quarterly basis and the Haloacetic Acid MCL requirement will be at or below the EPA requirement of 0.60 mg/L on the annual running average by the 3rd quarter of this year. Please share this information with all the other people who drink this water, especially those who may not have received this notice directly (for example: people in apartments, nursing homes, schools and businesses). You can do this by posting this notice in a public place or distributing copies by hand or mail.   Visit the District’s web site at: www.eastcedarcreek.net for information regarding your water and sewer district. If you have any questions concerning this notice, you may contact Bill Goheen, General Manager, at 903-887-7103.