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Type: Technical report / environmental analysis
File Size: 1.94 MB
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This document is page 5 of a technical report regarding the sampling and analysis of drinking water delivered to 'The Town' (likely Palm Beach). It details that on November 14, 2008, HSA and a city utility employee collected samples from the northern and southern extents of the water system. The samples were tested by Test America Laboratories and Jupiter Environmental Laboratories, showing that chemical parameters were within safe limits and no Total Coliform was detected. The document bears a House Oversight Bates stamp.

People (1)

Name Role Context
Unknown Employee Employee of the City’s Public Utilities Department
Accompanied HSA during water sampling on November 14, 2008

Organizations (8)

Name Type Context
HSA
Conducted independent evaluation of drinking water quality
PWD
Provided maps of the Town’s distribution system
City’s Public Utilities Department
Employee accompanied HSA during sampling
FDOH
Certifying body for testing laboratories
NELAC
Certifying body for testing laboratories
Test America Laboratories
Performed analyses for chemical parameters
Jupiter Environmental Laboratories
Performed analyses for microbiologics
House Oversight Committee
Document originates from House Oversight investigation (Bates stamp)

Timeline (1 events)

2008-11-14
Independent water quality sampling
Distribution system taps (IDSE #6 and Tap 3230)
HSA City’s Public Utilities Department Employee

Locations (4)

Location Context
Recipient of the drinking water (likely Palm Beach, FL given the context of the investigation)
ICW
Intracoastal Waterway crossings referenced regarding transmission mains
Sampling location representing the northern-most extent of the system
Sampling location representing the southern-most extent of the system

Relationships (1)

HSA Professional/Oversight City’s Public Utilities Department
HSA accompanied by an employee of the City’s Public Utilities Department during sampling.

Key Quotes (2)

"Results of laboratory analysis for target Primary and Secondary Drinking Standards yielded all chemical and physical parameters below method detection limits (MDLs) or less than respective maximum contaminant limits (MCLs)."
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"Results of laboratory analysis for target microbiologicals yielded an absence of Total Coliform in the water samples"
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Figure 1 also depicts the approximate ICW crossings and points of entry (POEs) of the transmission mains to the Town. The scale of the map does not allow an accurate depiction of the POEs associated with the mains. Maps of the Town’s distribution system provided by the PWD, generated at a significantly larger scale, were used to reference the locations of the POEs for the transmission mains.
SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS OF THE DRINKING WATER PRODUCT DELIVERED TO THE TOWN
As a means to independently evaluate the quality of the drinking water being delivered to the Town, on November 14, 2008 HSA, accompanied by an employee of the City’s Public Utilities Department, sampled distribution system tap IDSE #6, representing the northern-most extent of the system, and tap 3230, representing the southern-most extent of the system,. Figure 1 depicts these sampling tap locations.
Sampling was performed by modification of the City’s (distribution system) General Sampling Procedures to reflect the intended exclusion of sampling equipment, field parameter testing, associated equipment calibration requirements. Samples were collected in laboratory-supplied, unpreserved and pre-preserved containers. As required by select analytical methodologies, at the sampling locations preservative was added to those sample containers immediately prior to filling or to the water sample immediately prior to sealing the sample container.
Collected water samples were submitted to FDOH/NELAC-certified testing laboratories for analysis for typical public potable water system routine and compliance monitoring parameters including Primary Drinking Water Standards (excluding select Disinfection Byproducts, Haloacetic Acids; Bromite; and Chlorite), for Secondary Drinking Water Standards, and for Total Coliform as listed in the Florida Administrative Code rule 62-550. Test America Laboratories performed all of the analyses for chemical parameters. Jupiter Environmental Laboratories performed the analyses for microbiologics.
RESULTS FROM INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS OF THE CITY’S DRINKING WATER PRODUCT
Results of laboratory analysis for target Primary and Secondary Drinking Standards yielded all chemical and physical parameters below method detection limits (MDLs) or less than respective maximum contaminant limits (MCLs).
Results of laboratory analysis for target microbiologicals yielded an absence of Total Coliform in the water samples collected from northern-most Tap A (IDSE #6) and southern-most
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