Consumer Confidence Reports (CCRs)
NOTICE!!
EPA & Florida DEP Allow for
Electronic Delivery of the CCR
The U.S. EPA and Florida’s Department of
Environmental Protection now allow water systems the
option to deliver their CCRs electronically to their
customers. There is
guidance on the manner in which
electronic delivery can substitute for regular hard
copy mail, available below. Additionally, the CCR
template on
FRWA’s website has been modified to allow you to
make an electronic version of your CCR. Finally,
the Certificate of Delivery Form 62-900(19)
- Alternate will be due by August 10th of
each year, and this revised form and can be found on
the Drinking Water
Forms page.
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Federal CCR
Regulations
Forms for CCRs
Consumer Confidence Report Delivery Options & Guidance
(4.45 MB)
Description
Demonstrating their commitment
to public health protection and the public's right-to-know
about local environmental information, the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) and the Florida Department of
Environmental Protection (DEP) are requiring water suppliers
to put annual drinking water quality reports into the hands of
their customers. These consumer confidence reports, which EPA
developed in consultation with water suppliers, environmental
groups, and the states, will enable Americans to make
practical, knowledgeable decisions about their health and
their environment.
While water systems are free to
enhance their reports in any useful way, each report must
provide consumers with the following fundamental information
about their drinking water:
- the lake, river, aquifer, or
other source of the drinking water;
- a brief summary of the
susceptibility to contamination of the local drinking
water source, based on the source water assessments that
the state is completing over the next five years;
- how to get a copy of the
water system's complete source water assessment;
- the level (or range of
levels) of any contaminant found in local drinking water,
as well as EPA's and DEP's health-based standard (maximum
contaminant level) for comparison.
- the likely source of that
contaminant in the local drinking water supply;
- the potential health effects
of any contaminant detected in violation of an EPA or DEP
health standard, and an accounting of the system's actions
to restore safe drinking water;
- the water system's
compliance with other drinking water-related rules;
- an educational statement for
vulnerable populations about avoiding Cryptosporidium;
- educational information on
nitrate, arsenic, or lead in areas where these
contaminants are detected above 50% of EPA's and DEP's
standard; and
- phone numbers of additional
sources of information including the water system and
EPA's Safe Drinking Water Hotline (800-426-4791).
This information will
supplement public notification that water systems must provide
to their customers upon discovering any violation of a
contaminant standard. This annual report should not be the
primary notification of potential health risks posed by
drinking water, but will provide customers with a snapshot of
their drinking water supply.
Consumers will see the reports by July 1 each year. Large
water systems will mail the water quality reports to their
customers, either with water bills or as a separate mailing,
and will take steps to get the information to people who do
not receive water bills. Smaller water systems (those serving
fewer than 3,300 people) will be able to distribute the
information through newspapers or by other means.
EPA Consumer Confidence Reports Awards
EPA’s Consumer Confidence Reports Excellence Awards Program
was set up to recognize and give awards to water systems
with exemplary consumer confidence reports. There were six
award categories: small, medium, and large surface water,
and small, medium, and large groundwater. Winning this
prestigious award at the county, District, state, or
regional level demonstrated a utility’s outstanding
achievement and commitment to its customers.
The U.S. EPA Region 4 recently announced the winners of the 2011
Consumer Confidence Report Excellence Awards. One of the six categories
was won by a Florida system. Congratulations to the following winners:
- Large Ground Water System:
City of Tallahassee Underground Utilities;
Tallahassee, Florida
- Medium Ground Water System:
Calvert City Municipal Water
Department; Calvert City, Kentucky
- Small Ground Water System:
Fonde Water System; Pineville, Kentucky
- Large Surface Water System:
Bristol Tennessee Water System; Bristol, Tennessee
- Medium Surface Water System:
Cynthiana Municipal Water Works; Cynthiana, Kentucky
- Small Surface Water System:
Town of Blowing Rock; Blowing Rock, North Carolina
Please Note: The EPA Consumer Confidence Reports Awards
program has been discontinued due to resource constraints currently
facing the Drinking Water Section at EPA Region IV. Therefore,
award application packages will not be accepted by FDEP.
2012 State of Florida