During 2008, our system was in compliance with all applicable State drinking water standards, monitoring and report requirements.  Variances, Exemptions, Administrative or Judicial Orders under the federal Surface Water Treatment Rule, surface supplies such as that used by the City of New York require filtration unless certain rigid requirements can be met.  New York City's filtration avoidance of its Catskill-Delaware supply was renewed for a 10 year period in July 2007 (for further information visit http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/pdf/wsstate08.pdf).  This filtration avoidance is ongoing and is to remain in effect July 2017.  This filtration avoidance applies to the WJWW Shaft 22 connection.

Despite the fact that the WJWW’s Rye Lake connection is from the Kensico Reservoir which meets all filtration avoidance criteria at New York State  has a pending order  which requires the WJWW to build a filtration plant for the Rye Lake portion of the WJWW supply.  Currently WJWW is in discussion with the State regarding acceptable alternatives to the Rye Lake Filter Plant which involve alternate sources of water and the phase out of the Rye Lake intake.

We are required to monitor your drinking water for specific contaminants on a regular basis.  Results of regular monitoring are an indicator of whether or not your drinking water meets health standards.  During 2007, we did not complete monitoring for lead and copper in your drinking water.  The required monitoring was conducted in 2008, and the results as indicated on the Analytical Testing Results table show that your water meets the requirements of the lead and copper rule.  The WJWW has been granted reduced monitoring for lead and copper in 2009.