CRYSTAL CLEAR WATER SUPPLY CORPORATION

2001 Annual Water Quality Report
PWS # 0940015

Crystal Clear Water Supply Corporation has been providing clean water to your community since 1964, helping to keep you and your family healthy. We take this mission very seriously. As shown in this annual report covering the year 2001, the water we delivered surpassed the strict regulation of the State of Texas and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

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Crystal Clear Water relies on water from the Edwards Aquifer and Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer and surface water from the Guadalupe and San Marcos rivers.

Crystal Clear Water treats your water with disinfection and filtration to remove or reduce harmful contaminants that may come from the source water. TNRCC will be reviewing all of the water sources for the State of Texas. An assessment will be completed and ready for viewing within the next three years. This assessment will enable you to protect and maintain safe drinking sources.

FOR MORE INFORMATION about your drinking water and for opportunities to get more involved, please contact Crystal Clear Water Corp by calling 830-372-1031. Also, you are welcome and encouraged to attend a scheduled meeting on August 15, 2002 at the Crystal Clear Water Office at 9 AM.

Educational Information:

Drinking water, including bottled 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 about contaminants and potential health effects can be obtained by calling the EPA's Safe Drinking Water Hotline (1-800-426-4791).

The sources of drinking water (both tap 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:

**Microbial contaminants such as viruses and bacteria, which may come from sewage treatment plants, septic systems, agricultural livestock operations, and wildlife.
**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.
**Pesticides and herbicides, which may come from a variety of sources such as agriculture, urban storm runoff, and residential uses.
**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.
**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.

Crystal Clear Water Supply Corporation's
2001 Monitoring Results for Contaminants in Drinking Water

Some people may be more vulnerable to contaminants in drinking water than the general population. Immuno-compromised 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 microbial contaminants are available from the Safe Drinking Water Hotline (1-800-426-4791).

Notes:

1) The state allows us to monitor for some contaminants less than once per year because the concentrations of these contaminants do not change frequently. Some of our data, though accurate, are more than one year old.

(2) 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 that can cause symptoms such as nausea, cramps, diarrhea and associated headaches.

(3) Some people who drink water containing trihalomethanes in excess of MCL over many years may experience problems with their liver, kidney or central nervous system, and may have an increased risk of getting cancer.

(4) Unregulated contaminant monitoring helps EPA to determine where certain contaminants occur and whether it needs to regulate those contaminants.

Definitions:

Maximum Contaminant Level: The highest level of a contaminant that is allowed in drinking water. MCL's are set as close to the MCLG's as feasible using the best available treatment technology.
Maximum Contaminant Level Goal (MCLG): The level of a contaminant in drinking water below which there is no known or expected risk to health. MCLG's allow for a margin of safety.
90th Percentile: 90% of samples are equal to or less than the number in the chart.
NTU or Nephelometric Turbidity Units: A measure of clarity.
NA: Not applicable.
ND: Not detectable at testing limits.
Ppb or parts per billion: micrograms per liter (ug/l).
Ppm or parts per million: milligrams per liter (mg/l)
Treatment Technique or TT: A required process intended to reduce the level of contaminant in drinking water.
Action Level or AL: The concentration of a contaminant, which if exceeded, triggers treatment or other requirements, which a water system must follow.
TNRCC: Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
HARA: Highest Annual Rolling Average

Water Conservation Tips

At Home:

1. Fix leaking faucets, pipes, toilets, etc.
2. Install water-saving devices in faucets, toilets, and appliances.
3. Wash only full loads of laundry.
4. Don't use the toilet for trash disposal.
5. Don't let the water run while shaving, washing, or brushing teeth.
6. Run the dishwasher only when full.

Outdoors:

1. Water the lawn and garden as little as possible.
2. Choose plants that don't need much water.
3. Repair leaks in faucets and hoses.
4. Use water from a bucket to wash your car, and save the hose for rinsing.
5. Obey any and all water bans or regulations.

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