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GEO 335 - Week 2 - The Consumer Confidence Report  -Questions 

(20 points)

Go tohttp://water.epa.gov/drink/info/ccr/basicinformation.cfm.Read the Basic Information and visit some of the links. 

Depending on where you live, you will answer questions 1, 2, 3a and 3b OR 3e.

Everyone answers 3c and 3d.

Question 1 & 2: Get the Consumer Confidence Report (CCR) for the water system where you live. Present or show web link for the Consumer Confidence Report where you reside.

Question 3(a): Where does your water system get its water (surface water, groundwater, name of reservoir(s), river(s), number of well(s), and type of aquifer?

Question 3(b): Is the water safe? Have any contaminants been detected?4 points

Question 3(c): What do MCL, MCLG and MRDL mean? Provide a brief explanation.

Question 3(d):Does your public water system treat the water for cryptosporidium? What is cryptosporidium? Why is it a problem?4 points

Question 3(e):Are you supplied by well water? If yes, do you have a copy of your well log which lists the date the well was drilled and how it was constructed? If not, contact your state water resources program and get a copy. If you do have a copy, submit the copy of your well log, along with the most recent copy of the water quality analysis from a laboratory. Don’t have a copy of the water quality report? Does that bother you? Is well water regulated in your state? If not, does that bother you?4 points

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