According to the City of Bedford’s Water Quality Report for 2016 the drinking water is ABSOLUTELY safe! Although there were some detected contaminants such as:
Key
AL > Acttion Level
MCL > Maximum Contaminant Level
MCLG > Maximum Contaminant Level Goal
NTU > Nephelometric Turbidity Units
mg/L > miligrams per liter, or parts per million
ug/L > micrograms per liter, or parts per million
TT > Treatment Technique
MRDL > Maximum Residual Disinfectant Level
MRDLG > Maximum Residential Disinfectant Level Control
N/A > Not Applicable
ND > Not Detected
Inorganic Contaminants MCLG MCL Level Found Range of Detections Typical Source in Drinking Water
Flouride (mg/L) 4 4 1.0 0.8-1.3 Water additive which promotes strong teeth.
Nitrate [as Nitrogen] (mg/L) 10 10 0.95 0.01-0.95 Runoff from fertilizer use; leaching from septic tanks, sewage; erosion of natural deposits. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Disinfetant MRDLG MRDL Level Found Range of Detection Typical Source in Drinking Water
Chlorine (mg/L) 4 4 1.0 0.9-1.1 Water additive used to control microbes.
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Microbiological Contaminants MCLG MCL Level Found Typical Source in Drinking Water
Turbidity (NTU)** N/A TT=1 .02-.09 Soil Runoff TT=95% %100 of sample must be less than or = 0.3 NTU
*The values reported for Total Organic Carbon (TOC) are the ratio between the percent of TOC actually removed to the percentage of TOC required to be removed. a value of 1 or greater under “Level Found” indicates compliance with TO/c removal requirements.
**A measure of the cloudiness of the water that serves as a good indicator of the effectiveness of the water treatment process.
Unregulated Contaminants – Monitoring Required
Contaminant Level Found Range of Detections Typical Source in Drinking Water
Chloroform (ug/L) 13.5 4.4-25.8 By-product of drinking water chlorination
Bromodichloromethane (ug/L) 8.2 4.3-11.4 By-product of drinking water chlorination
Dibromochloromethane (ug/L) 3.5 2.4-5.5 By-product of drinking water chlorination
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BEDFORD WATER
Lead & Copper MCLG AL Level # of sites Typical Source in Results from 2012 Found above the AL Drinking Water _____________________________________________________________________________________________
Copper (mg/L) 0 1350 43.0 0 out of 30 sites Corrosion of household plumbing systems. Lead (ug/L) 0 15 2.9 0 out of 30 sites Corrosion of household plumbing systems.
Organic Contaminants MCLG MCL Level Found Range of Detection Typical Source in Drinking Water
TTHMs [Total Trihalomethanes] N/A 80 25.3 11.1-42.7 By-product of drinking water chlorination
HAA [ Haloacetic Acids] (ug/L) N/A 60 11.5 6.0-14.7 By-product of drinking water chlorination
Total Organic Carbon* N/A TT 1.18 1.1-1.51 Naturally present in the environment
