We’re very pleased to provide you with this year's Annual Water Quality Report.  We want to keep you informed about the excellent water and services we have delivered to you over the past year.  Our goal is and always has been, to provide to you a safe and dependable supply of drinking water.  Our water source consists of two wells that draw water from the Floridian Aquifer.  Our water is disinfected with chlorine and delivered to your home.

If you have any questions about this report or concerning your water utility, or want to obtain a copy of this report, please contact our Utilities Department Clerk Susan Pecor at (863) 419-3300.  We encourage our valued customers to be informed about their water utility. If you want to learn more, please attend any of our regularly scheduled city council meetings, which are held on the Second and Fourth Monday of the month at 7:00 p.m. at #1 South Allapaha Avenue, Davenport, Florida 33836.

The City of Davenport routinely monitors for contaminants in your drinking water according to Federal and State laws, rules, and regulations.  Except where indicated otherwise, this report is based on the results of our monitoring for the period of January 1 to December 31, 2007.  Data obtained before January 1, 2007, and presented in this report are from the most recent testing done in accordance with the above mentioned laws, rules, and regulations.

The sources of drinking water (both tap water and bottled water) include rivers, lakes, streams, ponds, reservoirs, springs, and wells.  As water travels over the surface of the land or through the ground, it dissolves naturally occurring minerals and, in some cases, radioactive material, and can pick up substances resulting from the presence of animals or from human activity.

Drinking water, including bottled water, may reasonably be expected to contain at least small amounts of some contaminants.  The presence of contaminants does not necessarily indicate that the water poses a health risk.  More information about contaminants and potential health effects can be obtained by calling the Environmental Protection Agency’s Safe Drinking Water Hotline at 1-800-426-4791.

In 2004 the Department of Environmental Protection has performed a Source Water Assessment on our system.  These assessments were conducted to provide information about any potential sources of contamination in the vicinity of our wells (or surface water intakes).  Potential sources of contamination identified include underground petroleum storage tanks, dry cleaning facilities and wastewater treatment plants with low to high susceptibility levels.  The assessment results are available on the FDEP Source Water Assessment and Protection Program website at www.dep.state.fl.us/swapp or they can be obtained from Susan Pecor at (863) 419-3300. “

In order to ensure that tap water is safe to drink, the EPA prescribes regulations, which limit the amount of certain contaminants in water provided by public water systems.  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations establish limits for contaminants in bottled water, which must provide the same protection for public health.

In the table below, you may find unfamiliar terms and abbreviations.  To help you better understand these terms we've provided the following definitions:

As you can see by the table, our system had no violations. We’re proud that your drinking water meets or exceeds all Federal and State requirements.