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Posted: August 15, 2005
It’s safe, it’s pure, it’s delivered fresh to your door daily! As a water
consumer in the City of Plano, you will enjoy “Superior” water every time
you turn on the tap!
“Superior” is the state’s highest water quality designation, accorded the
City of Plano for excellence in meeting water quality criteria. And,
attesting to the quality of Plano’s drinking water, is the City’s 2005
Annual Water Quality Report, mailed to every Plano water consumer this
month.
The Report sets out valuable information including water taste and odor, use
of water filters, bottled water, cryptosporidium and lead, water
conservation, storm water runoff effect on water quality and water education
programs offered by the City.
Most importantly, the Report lists contaminants detected in the North Texas
Municipal Water District drinking water supplied to the City of Plano, which
indicates our water quality system again surpasses the standards for each
contaminant, as required by law.
Plano’s “Superior” water supply meets and exceeds all federal and state
regulations for drinking water. It has never violated any standard.
Plano contracts with the North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD) for
the water supply to our community, being a founding member of the District
in 1951. NTMWD obtains surface water from three sources: Lake Lavon, Plano’s
primary water source, and Lakes Texoma and Cooper, our supplemental water
sources.
In addition to daily monitoring by NTMWD of both the raw water in Lake Lavon
and the treated water, Plano’s Utility Operations team takes over 130 water
samples from across the City each month to ensure Plano’s drinking water
reaches consumers clean and pure. The samples are analyzed in the NTMWD
laboratory, with quality reports submitted to the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality.
If you did not receive a copy in the mail and would like a copy of the
City’s 2005 Water Quality Report, contact the Utility Operations Department
at 972-769-4160.
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