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) 01/18/2010   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 fourth quarter of 2009 and the running annual average is 0.071 mg/L.   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.   October 15, 2009 the District attended the first of (5) training sessions hosted by the U.S. EPA and TCEQ in regards to the Comprehensive Performance Base Training Program. During this first meeting EPA and TCEQ facilitators provided educational tools and guideline recommendations for the district’s management and plant operators to commence resolving compliance issues regarding TTHM and HAA5 control. This sixteen month program is designed for public water systems & regulatory agencies to work jointly to identify solutions to drinking water treatment concerns.   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) 1/29/2010 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 fourth quarter of 2009 and the running annual average is 0.062 mg/L.   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.   October 15, 2009 the District attended the first of (5) training sessions hosted by the U.S. EPA and TCEQ in regards to the Comprehensive Performance Base Training Program. During this first meeting EPA and TCEQ facilitators provided educational tools and guideline recommendations for the district’s management and plant operators to commence resolving compliance issues regarding TTHM and HAA5 control. This sixteen month program is designed for public water systems & regulatory agencies to work jointly to identify solutions to drinking water treatment concerns.   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 Total Trihalomethanes / Return to Compliance (McKay Water Treatment Plant) 1/29/2010 The East Cedar Creek Fresh Water Supply District has been notified by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TECQ) that our water now meets the standards for total trihalomethanes (TTHM).   The MCL for TTHM’s is 0.080 milligrams per liter (mg/l). Compliance with this level is based on a running annual average (RAA) of quarterly sample results. The District has received results for the fourth quarter of 2009 and the running annual average is .068 mg/L.   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.