Legal Notice

Notice of Public Hearing
for Teller County Water & Sanitation District #1
Woodland Park, Colorado

Date: June 24^th, 2022
Time:6:00 PM
Location: Woodland Park Community Church
Address: 800 Valley View Dr
                Woodland Park, CO 80863
Colorado Topic: Water Treatment Plant Facility

A public hearing will be conducted for informing citizens and soliciting public input, written or oral, regarding the Teller County Water & Sanitation District #1 Water Treatment Plant and Project Needs Assessment (PNA). The PNA is a report detailing the project consisting of radium removal. The report is being submitted to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) to qualify Teller County Water & Sanitation District #1 for a State Revolving Fund Loan.

Teller County Water and Sanitation District #1 recently exceeded the combined Radium 226+228 MCL of 5 pCi/L in 2021. This exceedance spurred a violation notice for this community system to put into place a plan to provide the customers potable water with radium levels below the MCL. Teller County Water and Sanitation District #1 desires to apply for State Revolving Funds to assist with the capital and engineering costs that will be associated with the proven alternative necessary to reduce radium in the potable water system. Options evaluated were 1) purchase water from City of Woodland Park interconnect, 2) regenerable ion exchange with wastewater from treatment sent to the City of Woodland Park wastewater treatment plant, 3) single-use ion exchange resin with spent resin disposal hauled by a licensed hazardous waste hauler to a licensed and certified hazardous waste disposal facility, and 4) using HMO for the precipitation of radium and then hauling the solids to an approved licensed and certified landfill.

The estimated cost of the project is $1,500,000.

Copies of the Project Needs Assessment are available for public review prior to the Public Hearing at the following location:

Teller County Water & Sanitation District #1,
212 S Chestnut St, Woodland Park, Colorado.

The point of contact for the Teller County Water & Sanitation District #1 is Lisa Rector, Office Manager, 719-687-0761.

Teller County Water & Sanitation District #1
Jay Hetzel
Board President

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR DRINKING WATER
Teller County WSD
High Levels of Combined Radium

Este informe contiene información muy importante sobre su agua potable. Tradúzcalo o hable con alguien que lo entienda bien.

Our water system recently violated a drinking water requirement. Although this situation is not an emergency, as our customers you have a right to know what happened, what you should do and what we are doing to correct this situation.

We routinely monitor for the presence of drinking water contaminants. On February 9, 2022 we were notified that our system exceeds the maximum contaminant level (MCL) for Combined Radium. The MCL is 5 pCi/L. The average level over the last year was 6.63 pCi/L.

NOTE: This advisory is NOT related to COVID-19. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has stated that the “Virus that causes COVID-19 has not been detected in drinking water.” For additional information on COVID-19 and drinking water, you can refer to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s website: https://covid19.colorado.gov.

What does this mean? What should I do?

• You may want to use an alternative drinking water supply (e.g. bottled). If you have specific health concerns, consult your doctor.
  
• Some people who drink water containing radium -226 or -228 in excess of the MCL over many years may have an increased risk of getting cancer.
• If you have an infant, severely compromised immune system, are pregnant, or are elderly, you may be at increased risk and should seek advice from your doctor about drinking this water. General guidelines on ways to lessen the risk of infection by bacteria and other disease-causing organisms are available from EPA’s Safe Drinking Water Hotline at 1-800-426-4791.

What is being done?

• The Water District Board has engaged with an Engineer to evaluate two treatment options and operational costs. The Board is also looking at different funding options.

We anticipate resolving the problem by late 2022 or early 2023. For more information, please contact Lawrence (Larry) Watters at wh2osllc@gmail.com or 719-338-5429, or PO BOX 578, Woodland Park, CO 80866.

*Please share this information with all the other people who drink this water, especially those who may not have received this notice directly (for example, people in apartments, nursing homes, schools, and businesses). You can do this by posting this notice in a public place or distributing copies by hand or mail.*

This notice is being sent to you by: Teller County WSD – CO0160600

Date distributed: March 10, 2022