Aqua Pennsylvania Issues 2003 Water Quality Reports; Company Met or Outperformed Safe Drinking Water Act Standards.Energy Editors/Business Editors/Environment Writers BRYN MAWR Bryn Mawr (brĭn mär), uninc. town (1990 est. pop. 10,000), Montgomery co., SE Pa., a residential suburb of Philadelphia. It is the seat of Bryn Mawr College (for women), opened in 1885 by the Society of Friends. , Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 12, 2004 Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc. has begun distributing its annual water quality report, known as the Consumer Confidence Report (CCR 1. CCR - condition code register. 2. CCR - (Database) concurrency control and recovery. ). CCRs summarize the quality of water Aqua Pennsylvania delivered during 2003, including information about its water sources, what its drinking water drinking water supply of water available to animals for drinking supplied via nipples, in troughs, dams, ponds and larger natural water sources; an insufficient supply leads to dehydration; it can be the source of infection, e.g. leptospirosis, salmonellosis, or of poisoning, e.g. contains, and how it compares to standards established by the Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and (EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. ). "We are pleased to say that once again, Aqua Pennsylvania was in compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) is a United States federal law passed by the U.S. Congress on December 16, 1974. It is the main federal law that ensures safe drinking water for Americans. and outperformed many of the EPA standards in 2003," said Vice President, Water Resources Preston Luitweiler. "In 2003, we conducted more than 276,000 individual laboratory tests for 160 substances. We also invested more than $80 million on capital improvements throughout the system, including upgrades to our water treatment plants and well stations." The distribution of Aqua Pennsylvania CCRs began earlier this month and will continue through June when they will have been distributed to all of the company's 400,000 customer accounts throughout the state. "Our CCRs are sent either as bill stuffers or as direct mail pamphlets to ensure that all our customers receive specific water quality information for their water system," said Luitweiler. Developed as a result of the 1996 reauthorization of the Safe Drinking Water Act, the CCRs provide a way for public water providers to inform customers about the quality of their drinking water supply. Water companies have until July 1, 2004 to issue their 2003 CCRs. By that time, Aqua Pennsylvania's CCRs should also be available online at www.aquapennsylvania.com. Aqua Pennsylvania issued its first water quality report to customers in 1998--a year ahead of the EPA regulation that requires the reports--and was recognized at that time by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (often abbreviated PA DEP, or just DEP) is state agency in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. See also
Aqua Pennsylvania serves more than 1.3 million residents in the following counties: Berks, Bradford, Bucks, Chester, Columbia, Cumberland, Delaware, Juniata, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Montgomery, Northumberland, Pike, Schuylkill, Susquehanna, Snyder, Wayne and Wyoming counties. |
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