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ATKINS WATER DEPARTMENT POSTS CONSUMER CONFIDENCE REPORT

Every year, the EPA requires municipal water systems to deliver a Consumer Confidence Report (CCR). This is sometimes referred to as the “Annual Drinking Water Quality Report”. The purpose of the Report is to provide customers with information about their local drinking water quality.

The 2024 report indicates that Atkins drinking water complies with all federal and state drinking water quality standards, such as the Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974.

Atkins water supply is regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (IDNR). Since 1999, the EPA has required municipalities to report to its residents each year on the quality of its drinking water and include information on water sources and water treatment methods, as well as information on impurities that may have been present in the local drinking water. The EPA requires monitoring of more than 80 regulated drinking water impurities and testing for other emergent contaminants.

The Report must be completed and posted to the City’s website by July 1st (a link to the Report is available under the “utilities” section) and the Report was also published in the Cedar Rapids Gazette. Additionally, the Report is available to anyone who would like a copy by calling City Hall or the Water Department, and it is also posted at City Hall.

The Atkins Water Department is committed to continuously monitoring the quality of its water and the treatment process. Likewise, it is a priority of the City of Atkins to provide the residents of the City with safe drinking water now and in the future.

The City does have Hydrogen Sulfide Gas that naturally occurs in the water source that the City’s wells draw from and the water treatment process does normally remove 100% of this gas. Although, there have been a couple occurrences due to electrical equipment failures over the past 2 months, which prevented all the gas from being removed. While the gas presents a displeasing odor, the water is completely safe to use and consume. The Water Department is working on additionally preventative measures to mitigate that from reoccurring in the future.

In 2012, the Atkins Water Treatment Plant project was selected to receive an Honor Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies. The Water Treatment Plant features a full-scale reverse osmosis treatment system, aeration, an 80,000-gallon clearwell, and extensive chemical addition (Atkins was the first water treatment plant in the state of Iowa to be 100 percent reverse osmosis without blending). In addition, odor scrubbing was added to the facility due to the plant’s location on a main street in town.

The City continues to improve and make investments in its Water Treatment Facility and made upgrades in 2022 and 2023.

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