HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_016670 From: To: Date: Subject: EBalbis@wpb.org SHannah@TownofPalmBeach.com 12/03/2008 01:26 PM Fw: WPB/NYC Water Quality Data Sarah, We have obtained information about the water supply in NYC as requested. Note that the City of NY produces about 33 times the amount of water than the City of West Palm Beach. We tried to compile data that can be comparable. However, NYC act as their own State agency and track different parameters than the State of Florida. See below for additional information. Eduardo E. Balbis, P.E. Assistant City Administrator City of West Palm Beach 200 - 2nd Street West Palm Beach, FL 33402 561-822-1400 561-822-1424 fax ---- Forwarded by Eduardo Balbis/WESTPALM on 12/03/2008 01:26 PM ----- David Hanks/WESTPALM 12/03/2008 10:33 AM To Eduardo Balbis/WESTPALM@WESTPALM CC Subject WPB/NYC Water Quality Data Please let know if you want any changes made. NCY produces 1.1 billion mgd per day. Below is what they say about their treatment process: Water Treatment All surface water and groundwater entering New York City's distribution system is treated with chlorine, fluoride, food grade phosphoric acid and, in some cases, sodium hydroxide. New York City uses chlorine to meet the New York State Sanitary Code and federal Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) disinfection requirements. Fluoride, at a concentration of one part per million, is added to help prevent tooth decay and has been added since 1966 in accordance with the New York City Health Code. Phosphoric acid is added to create a protective film on pipes that reduces the release of metals such as lead from household plumbing. Sodium hydroxide is added to Catskill/Delaware water to raise the pH and reduce corrosivity. David Hanks Public Utilities Director City of West Palm Beach 1000 45th Street, Suite # 15 West Palm Beach, FL 33407 561-494-1046 Work 561-714-4619 Cell dhanks@wpb.org Water Quality Tables.als HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_016671 CONTAMINANTS AND UNIT OF MEASURE Trihalomethanes (TTHM) (ppb)* Haloacetic Acid (HAA5) (ppb) Chloramines (ppm)* Free Chlorine (ppm) CONTAMINANTS AND UNIT OF MEASURE lead (tap water) (ppb) Copper (tap water) (ppm) Lead (tap water) (ppb) Copper (tap water) (ppm) Contaminants and unit of measure Turbidy (ntu)* CONTAMINANTS AND UNIT OF MEASURE TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON (RATIO) LEVEL DETECTED WDR 2007 RANGE OF RESULTS 73.5 30.79 3.1 2.4 90th PERCENTILE RESULT *16.125.9 0.433 10.5 0.352 Highest single measurement 0.46 Highest single measurement 1.1 6.95 - 283.83** 1.82 - 70.0 ND* - 5.8 0.2 - 7.8 No of Sampling Sites Exceeding the AL 13 out of 100 1 out of 100 8 out of 100 0 out of 100 The lowest monthly percentage of samples meeting regulartory requirements Lowesst monthly percentage of samples meeting regulartoty requirements 1.1 - 1.8 WDR 2006 LEVEL DETECTED 25.29 22.9 3.33 90 th PERCENTILE RESULTS 7.6 0.276 RANGE OF RESULTS 6.70 - 35.7 9.08 - 37.0 1.0 - 4.2 No of Sampling Sites exceeding the AL 5 out of 100 0 out of 100 Highest single measurement 0.33 Highest single measurement 1.1 The Lowest Monthly Percentage of Samples meeting Regulartory Requirements 97 The Lowest Monthly Percentage of Samples meeting Regulartory Danniramante 1.1 - 1.8 City of West Palm Beach and New York City Water Quality Tables LEVEL DETECTED 21.1 WDR 2005 RANGE OF LEVEL RESULTS DETECTED NY Citv 2007 RANGE OF RESULTS Stage 1 Disinfectant / Disinfections By - Produce (D/DBP) Parameter 10.9 - 41.9 220 12-76 246 NY Citv 2006 LEVEL RANGE OF DETECTED RESULTS 24.4 3.1 90th PERCENTILE RESULTS ND ND 12.8-42.9 218 19-62 0.3-4.2 No of Sampling LEVEL Sites exceeding DETECTED Range of Results the AL Lead and Copper (tap water) Round One 0 out of 100 126 ND-122.3 0 out of 100 126 ND-0.320 Lead and Copper (Tap Water) Round Two 245 LEVEL DETECTED 120 120 10-81 19-69 Range of Results ND-123.2 0.022-0.661 Highest single measurement The Lowest Monthly Percentage of Samples meeting Regulartory Requirements 0.37 Highest single measurement 1.1 100% The Lowest Monthly Percentage of Samples meeting Regulartory Danuiramanto 1.1 - 1.2 LEVEL DETECTED 10061% DETECTED Total Organic Carbon Range of Results 0.8-1.4% Range of Results LEVEL DETECTED 966100% DETECTED Range of Results 0.8-1.5% Range of Results NY Citv 2005 LEVEL DETECTED RANGE OF RESULTS 218 215 LEVEL DETECTED r 326 117 19-69 21-69 Range of Results ND-11 ND-198 LEVEL DETECTED 0% DETECTED Range of Results 0% Range of Results MCL* OR MRDL* MCL = 80 MCL = 60 MRDL = 4.0 MDRL = 4.0 MCL 15 1.3 15 1.3 MCL TT* TT LIKELY SOURCE OF CONTAMINATION By-product of drinking water dis infection By-product of drinking water disinfection Water additive used to control microbes Water additive used to control microbes LIKELY SOURCE OF CONTAMINATION Corrosion of household plumbing systems; erosion of natural deposits Corrision of household plumbing svstems: erosion of natural deposits;leaching from wood preservatives deposits Corrosion of household plumbing stems; erosion of natu posits; leaching from wo preservatives LIKELY SOURCE OF CONTAMINATION SOIL RUNOFF LIKELY SOURCE OF CONTAMINATION Naturally present in the environment HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_016672 The Lowest Lowesst monthly CONTAMINANTS Highest single percentage of Monthly AND UNITS OS MEASURE measurement samples meeting Highest single Percentage of regulartoty measurement Samples meeting Regulartory requirements Requirements Total Coliform Bacteria 13.3 Contaminants and Unit of Measure Total Number of Positive Samples for Year MCLG The Lowest Highest single Monthly Percentage of measurement Samples meeting Regulartory Requirements Fecal Coliform % Coli *41 Contaminants and Unit of Measure Highest Level Range of Results Highest Level Range Results Antimony (ppb) 3.4 N/A 0.13 N/A Barium (PPM) 0.0089 N/A 0.0079 N/A Floride (PPM) 0.946 N/A 0.71 N/A Lead (Point of entry) (PPB) 2.7 N/A Nitrates (as Nitrogen) (PPB) 0.678 ND - 0.678 0.12 N/A Sodium (ppm) 84.6 N/A 33 N/A Thallium (ppb) 0.067 N/A Endothal (ppb) Gross Alpha Emitters (pCi/l) Combine radium (pCi/L 4.4 N/A 4.4 N/A 1.3 N/A N/A Highest single measurement Highest single measurement 0.21 0.51 The Lowest Monthly Percentage of Samples meeting , DEETEO RARO IRONO DETECTO RANO RINA DEETEO RADO RANA I Regulartory Requirements Microbiological Contamanants 0 The Lowest Monthly Samples meeting Requirements Range Results RESULTS9661 Inorganic Contaminants N/A N/A 332 0.002-0.07 319 0.01-0.02 319 0.01-0.04 N/A 1405 ND-1.3 0.038 34 4.4 N/A N/A N/A 324 332 0.2-0.59 4-. 11 #VALUE! 321 319 0.13-0.84 6-12 319 0.01-0.04 6 15 10 160 2 100 15 5 LIKELY SOURCE OF CONTAMINATION NATURALLY PRESENT LIKELY SOURCE OF CONTAMINATION Human and fecal waste LIKELY SOURCE OF CONTAMINATION Dishcharge or drilling wastes; discharge from metal refineries erosion of naturaal deposits riango roma uscita aluminum factories; water divenend opimum eterng between 0.7 and 1.2ppm Residue from man-mad ollution such as auto emissior and pain lead pipe, casing and Runoff from fertilizer use leaching from septic tanks sewage; erosion of natural deposits ischarge or drilling waste scharge from metal refineri erosion of natural deposits Leaching from ore-processing sites; discharge from electronics glass, and drug factories. Runoff from herbicide use Erosion of natural deposits Erosion of natural deposits HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_016673 TOP 100 PALM BEACH ACCOUNTS BY AVERAGE MONTHLY CONSUMPTION FY 07-08 Customer's Name 1 BREAKERS PB INC 2 OCEAN GRAND RESORTS 3 BREAKERS PB INC 4 BREAKERS PB INC 5 TRUMP,DONALD J 6 PALM BEACH TOWERS CO 7 TOWN OF PALM BEACH 8 2000 CONDOMINIUM ASSOC 9 BEACH POINT CONDO ASSOC 10 COUNTY ROAD PROPERTY LLC 11 PALM BEACH BILTMORE CONDO ASSOC INC 12 REEF CONDO ASSOC INC 13 KRAMER,IRWIN 14 2295 S OCEAN BLVD ASSOC 15 PATRICIAN MGMT CORP 16 KRAVIS,HENRY R 17 2100 CONDO ASSOC INC 18 ENCLAVE OF PB CONDO ASSOC, THE 19 OCEAN COVE CONDO 20 123 LLC 21 SCHWARZMAN,STEPHEN 22 2500 S OCEAN BLVD INC 23 SYDELL MILLER 24 LEVERETT HOUSE INC 25 SUTTON PLACE CONDO ASSOC INC 26 SUN & SURF 27 BOHL REAL ESTATE MGMT CORP 28 STERLING PALM BEACH LLC 29 OASIS III CORP 30 WINTHROP HSE COND 31 KESSLER, PATRICIA 32 LA PALMA COND APTS 33 HENRY MORRISON FLAGLER MUSEUM 34 BRAZILIAN COURT MGMT INC 35 CHOPIN TRUSTEE PB TR,L FRANK 36 PALM BEACH COUNTRY CLUB 37 T H COURT LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 38 THE COLONY HOTEL Address 1 100 E MAIN ST 2800 S OCEAN BLVD 100 VIA BETHESDA 100 PINEWALK 1100 S OCEAN BLVD 44 COCOANUT ROW 2301 S OCEAN BLVD 2000 S OCEAN BLVD 2660 S OCEAN BLVD 515 N COUNTY RD 150 BRADLEY PL 2275 S OCEAN BLVD 1295 S OCEAN BLVD 2295 S OCEAN BLVD 3450 S OCEAN BLVD 700 N LAKE WAY 2100 S OCEAN BLVD 3170 S OCEAN BLVD 2600 S OCEAN BLVD 455 N COUNTY RD 1768 S OCEAN BLVD 2500 S OCEAN BLVD 1415 S OCEAN BLVD 110 SUNSET AVE 2778 S OCEAN BLVD 100 SUNRISE AVE 184 BRADLEY PL 10 ROYAL POINCIANA PLZ 3120 S OCEAN BLVD 100 WORTH AVE 120 CASA BENDITA 2860 S OCEAN BLVD 1 WHITEHALL WAY 300 BRAZILIAN AVE 300 N LAKE WAY 760 N OCEAN BLVD 363 COCOANUT ROW 155 HAMMON AVE FY 07-08 Average Monthly Consumption in CCF 5,277 3,908 3,009 2,879 2,746 2,671 1,827 1,637 1,527 1,373 1,292 1,278 1,226 1,145 1,139 1,078 1,027 979 977 925 908 890 887 845 838 813 809 792 772 750 730 720 715 712 666 664 662 650 FY 07-08 Average Monthly Consumption in Gallons 3,947,138 2,922,839 2,250,962 2,153,780 2,053,663 1,997,735 1,366,769 1,224,131 1,142,311 1,026,755 966,309 955,714 916,933 856,115 851,627 806,023 767,966 732,062 731,084 691,900 678,839 666,008 663,361 632,233 626,651 608,469 604,758 592,202 577,456 560,827 545,810 538,330 534,762 532,921 498,382 496,672 495,521 485,855 FY 07-08 Average Monthly Bill $18,277.80 $13,305.34 $10,545.23 $10,134.22 $9,826.33 $6,435.42 $5,890.04 $3,675.58 $3,390.44 $6,011.29 $2,890.03 $2,889.17 $4,020.31 $3,459.06 $3,676.41 $3, 100.25 $2,517.47 $2,255.78 $2,255.21 $2,883.96 $2,882.59 $1,991.55 $2,873.34 $1,993.92 $1,992.96 $2,447.50 $1,762.83 $2,869.67 $1,731.67 $2,190.64 $2,261.12 $1,866.68 $2,539.20 $2,414.10 $1,901.99 $2,413.12 $2,178.26 $2,285.71 Premise Type GEN GEN GEN GEN GEN RES-MULT GEN RES-MULT RES-MULT RES-MULT RES-MULT RES-MULT RES RES-MULT RES-MULT RES-MULT RES-MULT RES-MULT RES-MULT RES RES RES-MULT RES RES-MULT RES-MULT RES-MULT RES-MULT GEN RES-MULT RES-MULT RES RES-MULT GEN GEN RES GEN GEN GEN Percentage of Total Avg Monthly Consumption for Palm Beach 2.23% 1.65% 1.27% 1.22% 1.16% 1.13% 0.69% 0.69% 0.65% 0.58% 0.55% 0.54% 0.52% 0.48% 0.48% 0.46% 0.43% 0.41% 0.41% 0.39% 0.38% 0.38% 0.37% 0.36% 0.35% 0.34% 0.34% 0.33% 0.33% 0.32% 0.31% 0.30% 0.30% 0.30% 0.28% 0.28% 0.28% 0.27% Percentage of Total Avg Monthly Revenue for Palm Beach 3.12% 2.27% 1.80% 1.73% 1.68% 1.10% 1.00% 0.63% 0.58% 1.03% 0.49% 0.49% 0.69% 0.59% 0.63% 0.53% 0.43% 0.38% 0.38% 0.49% 0.49% 0.34% 0.49% 0.34% 0.34% 0.42% 0.30% 0.49% 0.30% 0.37% 0.39% 0.32% 0.43% 0.41% 0.32% 0.41% 0.37% 0.39% HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_016674 TOP 100 PALM BEACH ACCOUNTS BY AVERAGE MONTHLY CONSUMPTION FY 07-08 FY 07-08 Average Monthly Consumption in CCF Customer's Name 39 RESIDENCES AT SLOAN CURVE, THE 40 PELTZ,NELSON 41 TAYLOR, TERRY R 42 CLARIDGES CONDO INC, THE 43 ROYAL SAXON INC 44 WILKENS, FRANK 45 2770 CONDOMINUM, THE 46 PALM BEACH STRATFORD CONDO ASSOC INC 47 PALM BEACH HAMPTON CORP 48 VARGAS, VICTOR 49 DESMARAIS, PAUL 50 SUBOTNICK TRUSTEE,STUART 51 EMERAUDE CONDO ASSOC 52 BATH & TENNIS CLUB INC 53 ROSS, STEPHEN M 54 PALM BEACH HAMPTON CORP 55 389 CORP 56 PRESIDENT OF P B CONDO INC 57 HALCYON CONDO ASSOC 58 LA BONNE VIE COND AP 59 HAMMONDS, SANDRA 60 BEACH CLUB INC 61 ATRIUMS OF PB MGMT 62 BIENSTAR 63 DU PONT, WILLIS H 64 HALCYON CONDO ASSOC INC 65 AMBASSADOR SOUTH DEV CORP 66 105 CLARENDON CORP 67 123 LLC 68 MERIDIAN OF PALM BCH 69 CLARK, JAMES H 70 PERGAMENT,LOUIS 71 SUN & SURF 130 ASSOC 72 ATRIUMS II OF PB 73 BLACK,CONRAD 74 PALM BEACH TOWNHOUSES LTD PTN 75 CARLYLE HOUSE ASSOC INC 76 L'ERMITAGE A PB CONDO ASSCINC 77 COVE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION INC 78 300 SO OCEAN BLVD CORP OF PB 79 PERIODICAL DSTRBTRS 80 330 SOUTH OCEAN INC Address 1 2000 S OCEAN BLVD 548 N COUNTY RD 780 S OCEAN BLVD 3456 S OCEAN BLVD 2840 S OCEAN BLVD 1491 N OCEAN BLVD 2770 S OCEAN BLVD 2580 S OCEAN BLVD 3100 S OCEAN BLVD 1960 S OCEAN BLVD 1600 S OCEAN BLVD 89 MIDDLE RD 3390 S OCEAN BLVD 1168 S OCEAN BLVD 702 N COUNTY RD 3100 S OCEAN BLVD 389 S LAKE DR 2505 S OCEAN BLVD 3440 S OCEAN BLVD 3475 S OCEAN BLVD 1275 S OCEAN BLVD 755 N COUNTY RD 3400 S OCEAN BLVD 151 GRACE TRL 1860 S OCEAN BLVD 3440 S OCEAN BLVD 2774 S OCEAN BLVD 105 CLARENDON AVE 455 N COUNTY RD 3300 S OCEAN BLVD 1500 S OCEAN BLVD 333 SUNSET AVE 130 SUNRISE AVE 3360 S OCEAN BLVD 1930 S OCEAN BLVD 230 BRADLEY PL 2773 S OCEAN BLVD 200 BRADLEY PL 2784 S OCEAN BLVD 300 S OCEAN BLVD 691 N COUNTY RD 330 S OCEAN BLVD 645 643 636 617 615 614 605 588 568 563 562 560 556 549 548 548 543 542 542 541 541 541 530 529 521 520 518 514 507 506 504 503 492 483 476 471 466 454 451 444 441 440 FY 07-08 Average Monthly Consumption in Gallons 482,345 480,734 475,670 461,631 460,078 459,042 452,885 439,594 424,806 421,182 420,549 419,168 415,715 410,710 410,134 409,731 406,337 405,646 405,128 404,726 404,668 404,610 396,325 395,692 389,535 389,018 387,637 384,472 379,236 378,488 377,222 376,030 368,304 361,514 356,278 352,041 348,913 339,913 337,348 331,898 330,213 328,832 FY 07-08 Average Monthly Bill $1,445.07 $2,161.55 $1,977.13 $1,950.41 $2,262.94 $2,022.24 $1,360.94 $1,382.49 $1,287.78 $1,763.28 $1,860.38 $1,769.33 $1,293.06 $1,950.50 $1,812.82 $1,254.34 $1,237.91 $1,657.75 $1,333.89 $1,835.83 $1,955.04 $1,959.22 $1,770.74 $1,276.45 $1,473.75 $1,260.18 $1,627.66 $1,560.62 $2,304.58 $1,188.94 $1,738.51 $1,420.95 $1,721.05 $1,529.28 $1,453.39 $964.09 $1,504.13 $1,055.41 $1,420.04 $1,010.42 $1,344.31 $987.36 Premise Type RES-MULT GEN RES RES-MULT RES-MULT GEN RES-MULT RES-MULT RES-MULT RES GEN RES-MULT RES-MULT GEN RES RES-MULT RES-MULT RES-MULT RES-MULT RES-MULT RES GEN RES-MULT RES-MULT RES-MULT RES-MULT RES-MULT RES GEN RES-MULT GEN RES-MULT RES-MULT RES-MULT RES RES-MULT RES-MULT RES-MULT RES-MULT RES-MULT RES-MULT RES-MULT Percentage of Total Avg Monthly Consumption for Palm Beach 0.27% 0.27% 0.27% 0.26% 0.26% 0.26% 0.26% 0.25% 0.24% 0.24% 0.24% 0.24% 0.23% 0.23% 0.23% 0.23% 0.23% 0.23% 0.23% 0.23% 0.23% 0.23% 0.22% 0.22% 0.22% 0.22% 0.22% 0.22% 0.21% 0.21% 0.21% 0.21% 0.21% 0.20% 0.20% 0.20% 0.20% 0.19% 0.19% 0.19% 0.19% 0.19% Percentage of Total Avg Monthly Revenue for Palm Beach 0.25% 0.37% 0.34% 0.33% 0.39% 0.34% 0.23% 0.24% 0.22% 0.30% 0.32% 0.30% 0.22% 0.33% 0.31% 0.21% 0.21% 0.28% 0.23% 0.31% 0.33% 0.33% 0.30% 0.22% 0.25% 0.21% 0.28% 0.27% 0.39% 0.20% 0.30% 0.24% 0.29% 0.26% 0.25% 0.16% 0.26% 0.18% 0.24% 0.17% 0.23% 0.17% HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_016675 TOP 100 PALM BEACH ACCOUNTS BY AVERAGE MONTHLY CONSUMPTION FY 07-08 Customer's Name 81 APPLEBAUM, EUGENE 82 THE REGENCY OF P B INC 83 KIRKLAND HOUSE CONDO ASSOCIATION INC 84 MARTIN GRUSS 85 CONDO ASSOC OF OCEAN TOWERS INC 86 SOCIETY OF THE FOUR ARTS 87 ATRIUMS OF PB MGMT 88 NESBITT II, ABRAM 89 LAUDER,JOSEPH 90 BEACH CLUB INC 91 TRES VIDAS 92 MERIDIAN OF PALM BCH 93 CUNNINGHAM,JOHN 94 MONTGOMERY, ROBERT M 95 THORNTON,JOHN L 96 LAKE TOWERS ASSOC INC 97 PICOWER,JEFFRY M 98 EVERGLADES CLUB 99 589 NORTH COUNTY ROAD LLC 100 OCEANSIDE PALMS ESTATE CORP Total for Top 100 Total for Palm Beach % of Use/Revenue for Top 100 * Top 10% of Consumption ** Top 10% of Revenue Address 1 325 VIA LINDA 2760 S OCEAN BLVD 101 WORTH AVE 1574 S OCEAN BLVD 170 N OCEAN BLVD 417 ROYAL PALM WAY 3400 S OCEAN BLVD 79 MIDDLE RD 126 S OCEAN BLVD 220 COUNTRY CLUB RD 2335 S OCEAN BLVD 3300 S OCEAN BLVD 353 EL BRILLO WAY 1800 S OCEAN BLVD 1236 S OCEAN BLVD 250 BRADLEY PL 1410 S OCEAN BLVD 409 COCOANUT ROW 589 N COUNTY RD 641 N COUNTY RD Revenue produced by use and fixed service chrg only % of Revenue for Top 100 (use & service charge) FY 07-08 FY 07-08 Average Monthly Consumption in CCF Average Monthly Consumption in Gallons 433 431 429 427 426 423 418 415 412 410 407 405 404 402 393 393 389 385 383 375 323,884 322,388 321,007 319,741 318,418 316,511 312,491 310,420 308,176 306,947 304,724 302,940 302,480 300,869 294,285 294,017 291,030 287,922 286, 110 280,385 82,339 61,589,614 236,498 176,900,442 35% 35% FY 07-08 Average Monthly Bill $1,238.27 $1,421.00 $956.68 $1,454.71 $1,214.23 $1,220.88 $1,357.12 $1,182.56 $1,154.42 $1,201.81 $894.77 $983.57 $1,243.20 $1,141.35 $1,229.17 $1,054.34 $1,088.20 $1,345.22 $1,156.78 $1,049.12 $ 247,769.35 $586, 175.22 42% Premise Type RES RES-MULT RES-MULT GEN RES-MULT GEN GEN RES-MULT RES-MULT GEN RES-MULT RES-MULT RES RES-MULT RES RES-MULT RES-MULT GEN RES-MULT RES-MULT $561,794.65 44% Percentage of Total Avg Monthly Consumption for Palm Beach 0.18% 0.18% 0.18% 0.18% 0.18% 0.18% 0.18% 0.18% 0.17% 0.17% 0.17% 0.17% 0.17% 0.17% 0.17% 0.17% 0.16% 0.16% 0.16% 0.16% Percentage of Total Avg Monthly Revenue for Palm Beach 0.21% 0.24% 0.16% 0.25% 0.21% 0.21% 0.23% 0.20% 0.20% 0.21% 0.15% 0.17% 0.21% 0.19% 0.21% 0.18% 0.19% 0.23% 0.20% 0.18%