Community Newsletter - City of New Haven - June, 2014 Have a Safe Summer CONTACT INFORMATION City Court..................................748-7878 ▪ School is out, so please be extra careful while driving. Watch out for pe- Clerk-Treasurer ....................... 748-7010 destrians, children, bicyclists and motorcycles. Code Enforcement....................748-7060 Terry McDonald, Mayor ▪ Watch for road crews as we continue with road construction projects this Drug/Crime Tip Hotline……....748-7099 Engineering...............................748-7030 summer. “Give them a brake and slow down.” ▪ There are many fun things to do close to home. For travel ideas in Indiana, go to www.VisitIndiana.com. Have a great summer and be safe. 1st Annual New Haven Family Fun Fest Whispering Creek Golf Course 216 North Rufus Street Friday, July 4 1:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. Join us as we celebrate the 4th of July at Whispering Creek Golf Course for the 1st Annual New Haven Family Fun Fest on Friday, July 4, 2014 beginning at 1:00 p.m. This festive event is sponsored by Whispering Creek Golf Course and has something for everyone. The day will kick off with a golf tournament and cornhole tournament. A food court, beer tent (must be 21), and other refreshments will be offered along with free entertainment by the rock band Full Speed Reverse. 96.3XKE will be out from 1:00-4:00 p.m., so bring your family and enjoy the day as the community celebrates the 4th of July. EMS..........................................749-1235 Fire........................................... 493-7500 Mayor’s Office...........................748-7070 Parks........................................ 749-2212 Planning/Permits...................... 748-7040 Police Non-Emergency……......748-7080 Sewer/Water (24 Hr. Emergency)..414-9097 Street Dept............................... 748-7056 Utility Office.............................. 748-7050 Website: http://www.newhavenin.org SEWER BACK UP If you experience a sewer back up, please call the City of New Haven Sewer Department at 414-9097 first before you call a private contractor. WASTE COLLECTION & RECYCLING Earth First ……………………….. 436-8700 ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS FREE games and activities will also be available for the kids across the street at Havenhurst Park. Website: www.earthfirstservices.com OTHER EVENTS Event: Cornhole Tournament Location: Whispering Creek Golf Course Time: 1:00 p.m. Cost: $48 Per Team *Proceeds benefit Relay For Life Event: Rock Band Featuring “Full Speed Reverse” Location: Whispering Creek Golf Course Time: 7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. Cost: FREE Event: 9 Hole Golf Tournament Location: Whispering Creek Golf Course Time: 1:00 p.m. Cost: $25 Per Player *2-Man Scramble and 4-Man Scramble ◊ Meetings at New Haven City Hall ◊ July 07/01 07/04 07/07 07/08 07/15 07/15 07/17 07/22 07/23 Board of Works Independence Day Park Board City Council Boards of Works Plan Commission Fire/EMS City Council BZA Visit the City of New Haven online at http://www.newhavenin.org 9:30 a.m. CLOSED 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 9:30 a.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. Summer Hours Fireworks Reminders in New Haven As we prepare to celebrate Independence Day, the City of New Haven would like to remind residents that §93.52 of the Municipal Code states that: (A) No person within the City of New Haven may use, ignite or discharge or permit to be used, ignited or discharged any type of Consumer Fireworks on any other day or time other than the following: June 29 July 5 June 30 July 6 July 1 July 7 July 2 July 8 July 3 July 9 (between the hours of 5:00 p.m. to two hours after sunset) July 4th (between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 midnight) 12:30 – 8:00 p.m. (Daily) Pool (260) 245-0152 Do you have a summer pool pass? Or do you have an event and would like to book a party? Pool passes and facility rentals are available for all types of summer fun. For rental packages, costs and other details about what Jury Pool has to offer, contact the New Haven Parks Department at (260) 7492212 or visit their website online at www.newhavenparksandrec.org. For a complete copy of the Ordinance, visit our website at www.newhavenin.org. NEW HAVEN SUBSCRIPTION EMS Don’t Miss Out New Haven Subscription EMS program is offered only once a year and the deadline is rapidly approaching. If you would like an application, you can download a copy by visiting our website at www.newhavenin.org or by contacting the New Haven EMS at 749-1235. Complete the application, sign the form and mail it with your check or money order today. Visa and MasterCard are also acceptable methods of payment. Please note that a $5.00 fee will be charged for all credit card payments. Your application and $55.00 payment must be received by June 30, 2014 when the membership drive ends. Be sure to carefully review your coverages and membership contract. For any questions about coverage or how to complete the application, please contact the New Haven EMS at 749-1235. APPLICATION & PAYMENT DEADLINE: June 30, 2014 New Haven Lions Club Hosts the 14th Annual Frank Swartzwelder Memorial Golf Outing Saturday July 19, 2014 Whispering Creek Golf Course 8:30 a.m. - Registration Contact Don Cooper 615-1957 Wednesdays June 25 – September 24 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. Schnelker Park The New Haven Farm Market is partnering with the popular Fort Wayne Farmers Market again this summer in Schnelker Park. For more information on vending, sponsoring or shopping at New Haven Farmers Market, please contact the New Haven Park Office at 749-2212 or visit our website at www.newhavenparksandrec.org. 17th Annual Car Cruise-In July 9, 2014 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Broadway in New Haven This annual car show will feature classics, restorations, muscle cars, antique cars, trucks and street rods and motorcycles. Sponsored by the Canal Cruzers Car Club & the Trion Tavern, this event is FREE to the public however, donations are accepted and proceeds benefit the New Haven Police Reserves. Contact Steve Ostheimer Dan Schuckel 466-3622 402-1152 Proceeds Benefit New Haven High School Scholarship Fund The New Haven Bulletin is a daily online newspaper. View pictures, read stories and get updated on information and events in New Haven. If you have something to share, send your stories, events to Bob at [email protected] and he will post it for FREE! For more information contact Bob Nelson at (260) 450-3727. Visit the City of New Haven online at http://www.newhavenin.org CITY OF NEW HAVEN Water Quality – Annual Report Consumer Confidence Report high quality drinking water, but cannot control the variety of materials used in plumbing components. When your water has been sitting for several hours, you can minimize the potential for lead exposure by flushing your tap for 30 seconds to 2 minutes before using water for drinking or cooking. If you are concerned about lead in your water, you may wish to have your water tested. Information on lead in drinking water, testing methods, and steps you can take to minimize exposure is available from Another Important Year for Water Quality the Safe Drinking Water Hotline at either 1-800-426-4791 or by visiting New Haven’s water compares with the best. It meets or exceeds all water the website at http://www.epa.gov/safewater/lead. quality standards set by national, state, and local agencies. This CCR Report is required of all public and private water suppliers nationwide on IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR DRINKING WAan annual basis. TER MONITORING REQUIREMENTS NOT MET FOR NEW HAVEN WATER DEPARTMENT New Haven’s Water Source Our water system recently violated a drinking water standard. Although New Haven’s water is purchased and tested from Ft. Wayne. Ft. Wayne’s this is not an emergency, as our customers, you have a right to know source of water comes from the St. Joseph River. A series of dams and what happened, what you should do, and what we are doing to correct pumps bring the water to Ft. Wayne for treatment and then it is pumped this situations. We are required to monitor your drinking water for speto New Haven for distribution to your home. cific contaminates on a regular basis. The results of regular monitoring How Drinking Water is Monitored are an indicator of whether or not our drinking water meets EPA’s Health New Haven and Ft. Wayne utilities routinely monitor for contaminants in standards. The last monitoring period testing for Disinfection Byproducts your drinking water according to Federal and State laws. The tables inwas either no preformed or failed to comply with all the requirements of cluded illustrate the results for the period from January 1st to December the Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule (St2 DBPR); st 31 2013. All drinking water, including bottled water, may be expected therefore, we cannot be sure of the quality of the water at that time. to contain small amounts of contaminants. It is important to remember that the presence of these contaminants does What should I do? You do not need to use an alternative (i.e., bottled) water supply. Hownot pose a health risk. For more information on potential health risks, call ever, if you have specific health concerns, consult your doctor. the EPA Safe Drinking Water Hotline at 1-800-426-4791. What does this Mean? Important Customer Information Sources This is no an immediate risk. If it had been, you would have been notified If you have any questions or concerns regarding the water New Haven immediately. Some people who drink trihalomethanes in excess of the distributes to you, please contact our office Monday through Friday 7AM maximum Contaminate Level (MCL) over many years may experience - 4PM at (260) 748-7050. We ask all of our customers to help us protect problems with their liver, kidneys, or central nervous system, and may our water sources which are the heart of our community, our way of life, have increased risk of getting cancer. Some people who drink water conand our children’s future. taining haloacetic acids in excess of the MCL over many years may have Dave Jones Superintendent of Utilities increased risk of getting cancer. [email protected] What Happened? What is being done? www.epa.gov/safewater New Haven Water Department missed the sample dates 4/1/2013 to Do I Need to Take Special Precautions 6/30/2013 and 7/1/2013 to 9/30/2013. This problem was corrected as Some people may be more vulnerable to contaminants in drinking water soon as the department was notified. Checks have been put into place so than the general population. Immuno-comprised people such as those it will not happen again. For more information, please contact Dave with cancer, people who have undergone organ transplants, people with Jones at 260-748-7056 or [email protected] or PO Box 570, New HIV/AIDS, and some elderly people and infants can be particularly at Haven, IN 46774. risk for infections. These people should seek advice about drinking water Water Quality Data Table from their health care providers. The table lists all of the drinking water contaminants that we detected Lead and Drinking Water during the calendar year of this report. The presence of contaminants in If present, elevated levels of lead can cause serious health problems, the water does not necessarily indicate that the water poses a health risk. especially for pregnant women and young children. Lead in drinking Unless otherwise noted, the data presented in this table is from testing water is primarily from materials and components associated with service done in the calendar year of the report. The EPA or the State required us lines and home plumbing. Three Rivers Filtration Plant is responsible for to monitor for certain contaminants less than once per year because the providing concentrations of these contaminants do not change frequently. Commitment to Clean, Safe Water The City of New Haven Utilities Dept is pleased to present the City’s Annual Water Quality Report. This report will help inform you what steps are taken to provide you with safe and dependable water from your faucet. Please carefully read this CCR report and if you have any questions, feel free to call the phone numbers listed in this report. How to Read the Water Quality Table Maximum Contaminant Level Goal (MCLG): The level of a contaminant in drinking water below which there is no known or expected risk to health. MCLGs allow for a margin of safety. Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL): The highest level of a contaminant that is allowed in drinking water. MCLs are set as close to the MCLGs as feasible using the best available treatment technology. Maximum Residual Disinfectant Level Goal (MRDLG): The level of a residual disinfectant in drinking water below which there is no known or expected risk to health. MRDLGs allow for a margin of safety. Maximum Residual Disinfectant Level (MRDL): The highest level of a residual disinfectant that is allowed in drinking water. MRDLs are set as close to the MRDLGs as feasible using the best available treatment technology. Treatment Technique (TT): A required process intended to reduce the level of a contaminant in drinking water. Action Level (AL): The concentration of a contaminant, which, if exceeded, triggers treatment or other requirements that a water system must follow. Range: The lowest to highest values for all samples tested for each contaminant. If only one sample is tested, no range is listed. NA: Not applicable. ppm: Parts per million or milligrams per liter (mg/L). ppb: parts per billion or micrograms per liter (mg/L). NTU: Nephelometric Turbidity Units (a measure of the water’s cloudiness). Contaminants Units MCLG MCL Highest Detected Level Range Tested (low-high) Typical Sources Disinfectants & Disinfection By-Products Chlorine ppm 4 4 2.02 1.13-2.02 Chlorine Dioxide ppb 800 800 430 38-430 Chlorite ppm 0.8 1 0.927 0.033-1.0 Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) ppb NA 60 25.3 Highest LRAA at site #2 4.5-55.6 Total Organic Carbon mg/L NA TT the % of toc was measured each month and the system met the toc removal requirements NA TTHMs (Total Trihalomethanes) ppb NA 80 34.95 Highest LRAA at site 10 4.1-94.7 By-product of drinking water disinfection. NOTE: compliance is based on each location’s running annual average. The location running annual average for the site with 94.7 was 34.4 Fluoride ppm 4 4 1.49 0.30-1.49 Nitrate (measured as Nitrogen) ppm 10 10 5.12 0.147-5.12 Nitrite (measured as Nitrogen) ppm 1 1 0.054 <0.001-0.054 Sodium (optional) ppm 0 none 36 14-36 Erosion of natural deposits; Water additive that promoted strong teeth; discharge from fertilizer and aluminum factories Runoff from fertilizer use; Leaching form septic systems; Sewage discharge; Erosion of natural deposits Runoff from fertilizer use; Leaching form septic systems; Sewage discharge; Erosion of natural deposits Naturally present in the environment Barium ppm 2 2 0.017 0.095-0.017 Discharge of Drilling wastes; discharge from metal refineries; Erosion of natural deposits % of positive samples monthly 0 5 0.56 0.0-0.56 Naturally present in the environment % of samples below TT of 0.3 NTU highest single measurement oocysts/100 L 100 95 100 100.0-100.0 Soil runoff NA TT 0.17 NA Soil runoff 0 TT 0 NA Human and animal fecal waste Oocysts/L - - ppb 3 3 0.1 0.0-0.10 Runoff of herbicide used on row crops Metolachlor ppb NA NA 0.3 0.0-0.3 Farm runoff Sulfate ppm NA NA 57 Only one test is required per year Naturally occurring compound ppb 0 2 0.2 0.0-0.2 Leaching from PVC piping; Discharge from plastics factories Additive used in treatment process to control bacteria Additive used in treatment process to control bacteria By-product of drinking water chlorination By-product of drinking water disinfection NOTE: compliance is based on each location’s running annual average. The location running annual average for the site with 55.6 was 24.85 Naturally present in the environment Inorganic Compounds Microbiological Contaminants Total Coliform Turbidity Cryptosporidium Source(raw)water cryptosporidium <0.089-0.622 Synthetic Organic Compounds Atrazine Unregulated Compounds Volatile Organic Compounds vinyl chloride Inorganic Contaminants 90th percentile Copper ppm 1.3 90% of samples taken below AL = 1.3 0.126 samples taken = 52 Samples Exceedning AL- 0 Erosion of natural deposits; Corrosion of household plumbing systems Lead ppb 0 90% of samples taken below AL = 15 12 samples taken = 52 Samples Exceedning AL- 1 Corrosion of household plumbing systems; Erosion of natural deposits