Assignment
How Clean is the Water?
Instructions: Record your answers to the highlighted questions directly into this document. You must submit your answers as a document in .docx or .pdf file format. This assignment is worth 20 points.
Your Drinking Water
The purpose of this part of the activity is to learn about the water you drink.
The public utility company, or department, which provides your drinking water is required by the EPA to inform its consumers about the health and safety of the water they supply. This information can be found in the utility’s annual “water quality report”. Go to the website for your water supplier and find their most recent water quality report. Use that report to answer these questions. You can use your home residence or MSU. The water in Morehead is supplied by Morehead Utility Plant Board.
What city and county are you using for this activity? Rowan County, Morehead
What is the name of your water supplier? Salisbury- Rowan
1. What is the date of the most recent water quality report? 20th Feb 2021
2. From what body of water is your drinking water drawn? High Rock Lake
3A. Name two regulated contaminants that were tested for. Bacterial testing and nitrite/nitrate testing
3B. What are the likely sources for these contaminants? Likely sources are foodborne disease and waste products which might be present in the water body. For the case of nitrate, we have fertilizers and other natural conditions which leads to leaching of soil.
4. Name two secondary contaminants the utility chose to test for. Chose to test bleach and toxins which are produced by bacteria or soil bleaching.
5. Were any of the secondary contaminants above the maximum allowable level? Yes they were like the toxins which are produced by bacteria.
6. Were there any water quality violations? If so, what was the contaminant(s)? There was no quality water violation as the system focus on provision of high quality water which is essential for all of customers.
Local Streams
The purpose of this part of the activity is to learn about the streams in the county you call “home.” If you are not from Kentucky, you can use the county where MSU is located: Rowan County.
· Go to the “Kentucky Water Health Portal” to learn about the health of the streams and rivers in your county. https://watermaps.ky.gov/WaterHealthPortal/
· Enter the county you live in in the left-most search bar and click “Find County.”
· The map will zoom-in to show you the county with rivers and streams marked. The color of the stream indicates its health.
What county are you using for this activity? Rowan County in Kentucky.
7. Roughly, what proportion of green vs. yellow vs. red streams are in your county? (Answer using % of total for the three stream types.) 25% for green, 35% for yellow and red covers 40%.
8. Does your county have any streams designated as an Outstanding State Resource Water (OSRW)? If so, how many are there? Yes they are five.
9. The Clean Water Act requires that impaired (contaminated) streams be restored. These streams are designated with TMDL (Total Maximum Daily Load). This indicates that a plan has been developed to control the amount of pollutants the stream can receive from point and nonpoint sources, while still meeting water quality standards. Are there any such streams in your county? If so, how many are there? Yes they are four.
· Click on a stream to view its details.
· Choose two streams and answer the following questions for each using the information in the pop-up data dialog box.
10. Name of Stream 1: Riles creek
A. Does it support aquatic life? Yes
B. Can you swim in it? No
C. Can you fish and wade in it? Yes
D. Can you drink water from it? Yes
E. Can you eat the fish which come out of it? Yes
11. Name of Stream 2: Cedar creek
A. Does it support aquatic life? Yes
B. Can you swim in it? Yes
C. Can you fish and wade in it? Yes
D. Can you drink water from it? No
E. Can you eat the fish which come out of it? Yes
How Clean is the
Water
?
Instructions:
Record your
answers to the
highlighted
questions
directly into this document
.
You must
s
ubmit your answers as a document in .docx or .pdf file format.
This assignment is worth 2
0
points.
Your Drinking Water
The
purpose of this part of the activity is to learn about the water you drink.
The public utility company, or department, which provides your drinking water is required
by the EPA
to
inform its consumers about the health
and safety
of the water they supply.
This information can be
found in the utility’s annual
“
water quality report
”
. Go to the website for your water supplier and find
their most recent water quality report. Use that report to answer these questions.
You can use your
home residence or MSU.
The water
in Morehead
is supplied by Morehead Utility Plant Board.
What city and county
are you using for this activity
?
Rowan County, Morehead
What is the name of your water supplier
?
Salisbury
-
Rowan
1.
What is the date of the most recent
water quality report
?
20
th
Feb 2021
2
.
From w
hat body of water
is
your drinking water
drawn
?
High Rock Lake
3A
.
Name two
regulated
contaminants
that were
teste
d for
.
Bacterial testing and nitrite/nitrate testing
3B
.
What are the likely sources for thes
e contaminants
?
Likely sources are foodborne disease and waste
products which might be present in the water body. For the case of nitrate, we have fertilizers and other
natural conditions which leads to leaching of soil.
4
.
Name two
secondary
contaminants
the utility chose to
test
for
.
Chose to test bleach and toxins which
are produced by bacteria or soil bleaching.
5
.
W
ere any of the secondary contaminants abo
ve the maximum allowable level?
Yes they were like the
toxins which are produced by bacteria.
6
.
Were there any water quality violations? If so, what was the contaminant(s)
?
There was no quality
water violation as the system focus on provision of high quality water which is essential for all of
customers.
Local Streams
The purpose of this part
of the activity is to learn about the
streams in the
county you
call “home
.
”
If you
are not from Kentucky, you can use the county
where MSU is located
:
Rowan
County
.
·
Go to the
“
Kentucky Water Health Portal
”
to learn about the health of the streams and rivers in your
county.
https://watermaps.ky.gov/WaterHealthPortal/
·
Enter the county you live in in the left
-
most search bar and click
“
Find County
.
”
How Clean is the Water?
Instructions: Record your answers to the highlighted questions directly into this document. You must
submit your answers as a document in .docx or .pdf file format. This assignment is worth 20 points.
Your Drinking Water
The purpose of this part of the activity is to learn about the water you drink.
The public utility company, or department, which provides your drinking water is required by the EPA to
inform its consumers about the health and safety of the water they supply. This information can be
found in the utility’s annual “water quality report”. Go to the website for your water supplier and find
their most recent water quality report. Use that report to answer these questions. You can use your
home residence or MSU. The water in Morehead is supplied by Morehead Utility Plant Board.
What city and county are you using for this activity? Rowan County, Morehead
What is the name of your water supplier? Salisbury- Rowan
1. What is the date of the most recent water quality report? 20
th
Feb 2021
2. From what body of water is your drinking water drawn? High Rock Lake
3A. Name two regulated contaminants that were tested for. Bacterial testing and nitrite/nitrate testing
3B. What are the likely sources for these contaminants? Likely sources are foodborne disease and waste
products which might be present in the water body. For the case of nitrate, we have fertilizers and other
natural conditions which leads to leaching of soil.
4. Name two secondary contaminants the utility chose to test for. Chose to test bleach and toxins which
are produced by bacteria or soil bleaching.
5. Were any of the secondary contaminants above the maximum allowable level? Yes they were like the
toxins which are produced by bacteria.
6. Were there any water quality violations? If so, what was the contaminant(s)? There was no quality
water violation as the system focus on provision of high quality water which is essential for all of
customers.
Local Streams
The purpose of this part of the activity is to learn about the streams in the county you call “home.” If you
are not from Kentucky, you can use the county where MSU is located: Rowan County.
Go to the “Kentucky Water Health Portal” to learn about the health of the streams and rivers in your
county. https://watermaps.ky.gov/WaterHealthPortal/
Enter the county you live in in the left-most search bar and click “Find County.”