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WATER QUALITY |
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Water
System Resources
 Acquiring,
maintaining and distributing pristine water resources are the primary
operational responsibilities and priorities of every employee at the
Bartow County Water Department. The vast majority (94%) of our water
resources are obtained through contracts with the Cities of
Adairsville, Cartersville, and Emerson and with water purchase
agreements with Cobb County, Cherokee County and the Polk County Water,
Sewerage & Solid Waste Authority. The remainder of our water supply
(6%) is provided from our independently owned and operated Bolivar
Spring located in northeastern Bartow County. Surface water withdrawn
from Lake Allatoona in eastern Bartow County by our major suppliers
constitutes approximately 85% of the total potable (drinkable) water
volume within our utility system. Annually, the Bartow County Water
Department is responsible for processing, treating and distributing
over 2.1 billion gallons (5.8 Million Gallons-per-Day) of water to our
serviced customers.
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Water
Quality Testing
 Water quality tests
are routinely performed throughout the Bartow County Water System to
ensure that our resources either meet or exceed the minimum national
drinking water standards established by the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) within the Safe Drinking Water Act adopted into Federal
law on December 16, 1974. The United States Congress amended this
article of legislation in 1996, requiring public water utility
providers to publish and distribute Annual Water Quality Reports
detailing their most recent drinking water analysis test results to
their serviced customers, local community and other interested parties.
The latest
Bartow
County Water Department Annual Water Quality Report* can
be obtained inside our main office at 50 Nelson Street in Cartersville,
Georgia or mailed upon individual request. * (Note: The Maximum Containment Level (MCL)
for Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM's) and Total Haloacetic Acids) TTAA's
were inadvertently omitted during the printing process for this year's
Water Quality Report. The correct MCLs are 80 for TTHMs and 60 for
TTAAs.) For additional
information, questions or comments regarding drinking water quality
testing regulations contact the Bartow County Water Department @ (770)
387-5170, visit the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) official Web
site at www.epa.gov/safewater, or call the Safe
Drinking Water Hotline @ 1-800-426-4791. The Bartow County Water
Department is pleased to report that drinking water quality tests
performed upon this public utility system have shown our water
resources to be safe, exceeding all water quality standards established
by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). As a result of
consistently safe drinking water quality testing results regarding lead
and copper levels, the Bartow County Water Department has been placed
on a reduced monitoring testing program for these particular minerals.
Our department has also received testing waivers for previously
undetected substances confirmed by environmental researchers to have a
minuscule probability of contaminating our water resources. We have
additionally received the following awards and recognitions for our
drinking water quality excellence and outstanding operational
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1. Operators
Meritorious Service Award (American Water Works
Association, 1997)
2.
Certificate of Dedicated Service and Leadership (EPA &
State of Georgia, 1997)
3. Elizabeth McEntire Award (Georgia Water & Pollution
Control Association, 1999)
4. Vice
President Al Gore's Hammer Award
5. Award of Excellence (American Water Works Association, 2002)
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 The Bartow County Water Department
is determined to guarantee the
continuation and improvement of
drinking water quality excellence
through the implementation of
advanced testing methods,
technological developments and
extensive environmental research
provided to this utility system from
our membership with professional
organizations such as the American
Water Works Association (AWWA) and
National Rural Water Association (NRWA).
Our department is an active partner
of the Bartow County Environmental
Management System (E.M.S.), an
association of local governmental
and industrial organizations
committed to analyzing and reducing
the impacts of their activities upon
the environment. The Environmental
Protection Division (E.P.D.) has
also mandated our department to
establish and implement a Backflow
Prevention (B.F.P.) Device
Installation & Testing Program
requiring the installation and
annual performance testing of
backflow prevention assembly devices
upon every non-residential and
irrigation system service connection
within our water utility system to
provide further protection against
possible water resource
contamination.
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TO
REPORT A SERVICE OUTAGE AND FOR EMERGENCY SERVICE, PLEASE CALL OUR
OFFICE AT (770) 387-5170.
AFTER
REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS AND HOLIDAYS, THESE CALLS WILL BE DIRECTED TO
PROCORE SERVICES.
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Bartow
County Water Department
50 Nelson Street - P.O. Box 850
Cartersville GA 30120
Phone: 770-387-5170
Fax: 770-387-5173 |
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Bartow
County Government
135 West Cherokee Avenue
Cartersville GA 30120
Phone: 770-387-5002
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