IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT LEAD IN YOUR DRINKING WATER

The Belleville Water Department (BWD) found elevated levels of lead in drinking water in some homes/buildings. Lead can cause serious health problems, especially for pregnant women and young children. Please read this information closely to see what you can do to reduce lead in your drinking water.

This notice is being distributed to you and all customers of the BWD as a regulatory requirement. Under the Code of Federal Regulations for the Control of Lead and Copper, 40 CFR Pan 141 Subpart I, BWD is required to routinely sample for lead and copper at a minimum number of locations based on the population served.

The 90th percentile value for our water system is greater than the lead action level of 15 pans per billion (ppb). The action level is the concentration of a contaminant which, if exceeded, triggers treatment or other requirements which a water system must follow. This means BWD must ensure that water results from the locations sampled do not exceed this level in at least 90 percent of the sites sampled (90th percentile result).

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