Author: Dana Sheffield

June, 2018

Town of Haw River, PO Box 103, Haw River, NC 27258

Haw River Happenings

STAY INFORMED!
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Summer

As Town Manager, I’d like to introduce the most recent addition to our staff, Lesley Gonzalez.
Lesley will serve as our Assistant Financial Officer & Town Clerk. Born in Greensboro, Lesley has
spent most of her life in Alamance County. She attended Haw River Elementary and lived several
years in Haw River. Lesley has the talent of being fluent in Spanish. She brings many years of
private and public accounting experience to her new position. Lesley is excited to be with the
Town of Haw River and to enhance her skills. In her spare time, Lesley and her husband enjoy
traveling and spending quality family time with their children. When by Town Hall, please
welcome Lesley Gonzalez to the Town of Haw River staff.
Town Manager— Sean Tencer

Inside this issue:

Grease, Stormwater / Pollution, Recycle Schedule	2 / 2
2017 Annual Drink ing Water Quality Report	2
Fire and Police News	3 / 6
Yard Waste Disposal / New Heavy Trash Ordinance	4
Important Numbers	5

Third Thursday’s at Haw River Municipal Park 6pm-8pm.
Acoustic Concert Line-up
Thursday, September 20th – Megan Doss
Thursday, October 18th – Gipsy Danger
Concerts are free to the public, so come out and hear these great bands at Haw River Municipal Park (1130 Pine St). Music is at the large shelter. The shows are rain or shine. For further information contact Haw River Parks and Recreation at 336-578-5600. Bring your lawn chairs and some friends.

Haw River
Historical Museum
Come out and support the wonderful work this organization does to support the rich history of Haw River!
From military uniforms and memorabilia to textile items made right here in Haw River. Come visit and discover the many ways Haw River has played a vital role in our county, region & state.
Hours : Saturday & Sunday
1pm—4pm
Other times by appointment

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DON’T FEED THE F.O.G. GOBLIN GOBLIN!!

REMINDERS

DO:
Pour oil & grease in collection containers.
Remove oil & grease from utensils, equipment & food preparation areas with towels & scrapers.
Put food scraps in collection containers.
Keep grease out of wash water .
DO NOT:
Place wipes in the pipes.
Use hot water to rinse grease off the surfaces.
Wash fryers, griddles, pots, pans and plates with water until grease and oil have been removed.

The Secret Life of Grease

After grease travels down the drain, it is washed into the plumbing system.
Grease sticks to the insides of the sewer causing build-up.
Eventually, it can block the entire piping causing:
Raw sewage overflow into your home, neighborhood, yard, or street
Expensive clean-up
Potential contact with disease-causing organ- isms

How Can YOU Prevent Stormwater Pollution This Summer?
Don’t over water your lawn or garden.
Use curbside yard waste recycling or take clippings to a landfill for composting.
Try natural alternatives to pesticides and fertilizers.
Plant native shrubbery and plants
Plant grass or other vegetation on barren ground and hillsides

PLEASE HAVE ITEMS CURBSIDE THE NIGHT BEFORE. CART RULES: PLACE CARTS AT LEAST 3 FEET AWAY FROM GARBAGE CONTAINERSAND 10 FEET AWAY FROM ANY OBSTACLES SUCH AS MAILBOX, POWER LINES, CARS, ETC.

Recycle Schedule
July 10 24
Aug 7 21
Sept 4 18
Oct 2 16 30
Nov 13 27
Dec 11 26

2017 ANNUAL DRINKING WATER QUALITY REPORT:
Hard copies of the entire Water Quality Report are available at Town Hall upon request. The report is also available at www.townofhawriver.com or at http:townofhawriver.com/water-quality-report
CIVIC CENTER & HR PARK & RED SLIDE PARK:
Call the Town Hall at 578-0784 to make your reservation. You may view available dates on our website by clicking on the Facility Calendar. Online reservations are not available.
OFFICIAL PAYMENTS:
Utility and rental payments can be made by telephone at 1-800-272-9829 or by going to our website and clicking on Quick Links for the Official Payments website.
Choose Utility Payments and use Jurisdiction Code 3962 and your account number.
2018 HAW RIVER LICENSE TAGS:
Limited edition tags are available at the Town Hall for only $2.00.
HOLIDAY SCHEDULE:
Town Hall will be closed July 4th, and September 3rd.
YARD SALES:
All yard sales, whether business or residential require a Yard Sale Permit. These permits are only $2.00 and are available at the Town Hall.
There is a limit of three (3) yard sales per address per year.

2017 Annual Drinking Water Quality Report
Town of Haw River
Water System Number: 02-01-020
We are pleased to present to you this year's Annual Drinking Water Quality Report. This report is a snapshot of last year’s water quality. Included are details about your source(s) of water, what it contains, and how it compares to standards set by regulatory agencies. Our constant goal is to provide you with a safe and dependable supply of drinking water. We want you to understand the efforts we make to continually improve the water treatment process and protect our water resources. We are committed to ensuring the quality of your water and to providing you with this information because informed customers are our best allies. If you have any questions about this report or concerning your water, please contact Mr. Sean Tencer at 336-578-0784. We want our valued customers to be informed about their water utility. If you want to learn more, please attend any of our regularly scheduled meetings. They are held on the first Monday of every month at 7:00 pm in the Haw River Municipal Building.
What EPA Wants You to Know
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 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 (800-426-4791).
Some people may be more vulnerable to contaminants in drinking water than the general population. Immuno-compromised persons such as persons with cancer undergoing chemotherapy, persons who have undergone organ transplants, people with HIV/AIDS or other immune system disorders, some elderly, and infants can be particularly at risk from infections. These people should seek advice about drinking water from their health care providers. EPA/CDC guidelines on appropriate means to lessen the risk of infection by Cryptosporidium and other microbial contaminants are available from the Safe Drinking Water Hotline (800-426-4791).
If present, elevated levels of lead can cause serious health problems, especially for pregnant women and young children. Lead in drinking water is primarily from materials and components associated with service lines and home plumbing. Town of Haw River is responsible for providing 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 the Safe Drinking Water Hotline or at http://www.epa.gov/safewater/lead.
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. Contaminants that may be present in source water include microbial contaminants, such as viruses and bacteria, which may come from sewage treatment plants, septic systems, agricultural livestock operations, and wildlife; inorganic contaminants, such as salts and metals, which can be naturally-occurring or result from urban stormwater runoff, industrial or domestic wastewater discharges, oil and gas production, mining, or farming; pesticides and herbicides, which may come from a variety of sources such as agriculture, urban stormwater runoff, and residential uses; organic chemical contaminants, including synthetic and volatile organic chemicals, which are by-products of industrial processes and petroleum production, and can also come from gas stations, urban stormwater runoff, and septic systems; and radioactive contaminants, which can be naturally-occurring or be the result of oil and gas production and mining activities.
In order to ensure that tap water is safe to drink, EPA prescribes regulations which limit the amount of certain contaminants in water provided by public water systems. FDA regulations establish limits for contaminants in bottled water, which must provide the same protection for public health.
When You Turn on Your Tap, Consider the Source
The water that is used by this system is purchased from the City of Burlington, which is treated surface water from Lake Macintosh and Stoney Creek Reservoir.
Source Water Assessment Program (SWAP) Results
The North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Public Water Supply (PWS) Section, Source Water Assessment Program (SWAP) conducted assessments for all drinking water sources across North Carolina. The purpose of the assessments was to

Source Water Assessment Program (SWAP) Results
The North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Public Water Supply (PWS) Section, Source Water Assessment Program (SWAP) conducted assessments for all drinking water sources across North Carolina. The purpose of the assessments was to determine the susceptibility of each drinking water source (well or surface water intake) to Potential Contaminant Sources (PCSs). The results of the assessment are available in SWAP Assessment Reports that include maps, background information and a relative susceptibility rating of Higher, Moderate or Lower.
The relative susceptibility rating of each source for The Town of Haw River was determined by combining the contaminant rating (number and location of PCSs within the assessment area) and the inherent vulnerability rating (i.e., characteristics or existing conditions of the well or watershed and its delineated assessment area). The assessment findings are summarized in the table below:
Susceptibility of Sources to Potential Contaminant Sources (PCSs)
The complete SWAP Assessment report for The Town of Haw River may be viewed on the Web at: www.ncwater.org/pws/swap. Note that because SWAP results and reports are periodically updated by the PWS Section, the results available on this web site may differ from the results that were available at the time this CCR was prepared. If you are unable to access your SWAP report on the web, you may mail a written request for a printed copy to: Source Water Assessment Program – Report Request, 1634 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1634, or email requests to swap@ncdenr.gov. Please indicate your system name, number, and provide your name, mailing address and phone number. If you have any questions about the SWAP report please contact the Source Water Assessment staff by phone at 919-707-9098.
It is important to understand that a susceptibility rating of “higher” does not imply poor water quality, only the system’s potential to become contaminated by PCSs in the assessment area.
Help Protect Your Source Water
Protection of drinking water is everyone’s responsibility. You can help protect your community’s drinking water source in several ways: dispose of chemicals properly, take used motor oil to a recycling center, volunteer in your community to participate in group efforts to protect your source, etc.
Violations that Your Water System Received for the Report Year
During 2017, or during any compliance period that ended in 2017 we received NO Notices of Violation for Monitoring Requirements.
Water Quality Data Tables of Detected Contaminants
We routinely monitor for over 150 contaminants in your drinking water according to Federal and State laws. The table below lists all the drinking water contaminants that we detected in the last round of sampling for each particular contaminant group. The presence of contaminants does not necessarily indicate that water poses a health risk. Unless otherwise noted, the data presented in this table is from testing done January 1 through December 31, 2017. The EPA and the State allow us to monitor for certain contaminants less than once per year because the concentrations of these contaminants are not expected to vary significantly from year to year. Some of the data, though representative of the water quality, is more than one year old.
Important Drinking Water Definitions:
Non-Detects (ND) - Laboratory analysis indicates that the contaminant is not present at the level of detection set for the particular methodology used.
Million Fibers per Liter (MFL) - Million fibers per liter is a measure of the presence of asbestos fibers that are longer than 10 micrometers.
Action Level (AL) - The concentration of a contaminant which, if exceeded, triggers treatment or other requirements which a water system must follow.
Maximum Residual Disinfection Level (MRDL) – The highest level of a disinfectant allowed in drinking water. There is convincing evidence that addition of a disinfectant is necessary for control of microbial contaminants.
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.

Tables of Detected Contaminants
Microbiological Contaminants in the Distribution System - For systems that collect less than 40 samples per month)
Asbestos Contaminant
Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Contaminants
For TTHM: Some people who drink water containing trihalomethanes in excess of the MCL over many years may experience problems with their liver, kidneys, or central nervous systems, and may have an increased risk of getting cancer.

Contaminant (units)	MCL/MRDL / Violation / Y/N	Your / Water / RAA (Stage 2)	Range / Low High	MCLG	MCL	Likely Source of Contamination
TTHM (ppb) [Total Trihalomethanes]	N	0.0500	0.0376 / 0.0615	N/A	80	By-product of drinking water chlorination
HAA5 (ppb) / [Total Haloacetic Acids]	N / 0.0645	.0400	0.0276 / 0.0695	N/A	60	By-product of drinking water disinfection

The Haw River Police Department has remained busy over the winter months. We would like to welcome our newest member, Officer Joe Engel, who came to Haw River after serving as a Deputy Sheriff in Chatham County for eight years. When you have the pleasure of meeting Officer Engel, give him a big Haw River welcome!

The department also participated in the Haw River Elementary Career Day on April 13th, 2018. Sgt Faulls and Ofc. Taylor explained to students the daily duties assigned to the Haw River Police. The Haw River Police Department would also like to thank the citizens of the town who continue to support our efforts. We look forward to serving each of you and are proud to partner with the Haw River community.

In December nearly 100 fifth grade students at Haw River Elementary celebrated their D.A.R.E. graduation. Sgt. Faulls led these 5th graders through ten lessons on avoiding alcohol and tobacco use, bullying, and how to make smart decisions even in the face of difficult situations. Sgt. Faulls also taught the importance of firearm safety through the Eddie Eagle program.

Recently the Haw River Fire Department received a generous donation from the President of Honda Power and Equipment. A new Honda push mower was donated to the Fire Department, which will be used to maintain the lawn at the Fire Department and Town Hall. Honda Power and Equipment is a gracious community partner and they were just excited to provide this donation as we were to receive it. Giving back to the community is something Honda has done for many years, and we are very appreciative for this donation. Town Manager Sean Tencer, pictured with the President of Honda Power and Equipment, received the donation on behalf of the Town of Haw River and the Fire Department.
Haw River Fire Department - 336-578-1355

Brush (yard waste) Collections Policy
Yard waste collection shall be provided to residential units on Mondays with overflow pickup on next business days as time permits.
The Town will pick up limbs from April 1st thru September 30th of each year. During this time burning is prohibited.
October 1st to March 31st you are allowed to burn these materials.
Year round collection of grass clippings, small shrubbery clippings, leaves, and other small lawn debris shall be collected at the curbside provided that they are placed in clear plastic bags. Such bags shall be clear or transparent, in good condition and of such size and weight that when full, do not weigh more than fifty (50) pounds each and are such that one (1) individual can easily pick up each bag, one (1) at a time, for disposal. Plastic bags shall be secured at the top when placed at the curbside for collection.
Tree limbs, cuttings, shrubbery and similar materials must be cut in lengths not to exceed six (6) feet in length and placed in neatly stacked piles where accessible by collection truck at the curb.
All items for pick-up shall be placed to the curb by 7:00 am on the collection day to ensure pick-up
No tree trimmings will be hauled from commercial tree contractors, paid or arranged cuttings.
No stumps, logs, dirt, rocks, tires on wheels or concrete will be hauled by the collection forces.
No building materials or refuse from commercial building operations or landscape work will be hauled by collection forces.
Town collection forces shall not provide service if denied reasonable access by parked vehicles, equipment, fixed objects, low hanging wires or other obstructions.

1st Tuesday of every month.
First bite/NO CHARGE
Second bite/$13.50
EACH ADDITIONAL BITE/ $6.75

BULK/HEAVY TRASH ORDINANCE

** ATTENTION **
PLEASE REFER TO THE TOWN ORDINANCES OR ON OUR WEBSITE UNDER “TOWN DOCUMENTS”, “ORDINANCES”, FOR COMPLETE LIST OF RULES AND FEES SCHEDULE.

LARGE APPLIANCE (white goods) COLLECTION
Large appliances shall be collected on the same day as Bulk/Heavy trash: The First Tuesday of each month.
Appliances shall be placed to the curb by 7:00 am on the collection day, and no more than two (2) calendar days in advance of pick-up, from the unit which the appliance was removed.
Appliances shall be emptied of the contents.
Refrigerator and freezer doors must be removed or secured to prevent entry by small children.
Appliances shall not be collected from any residential unit engaged in the repair or resale of appliances.
Town collection forces shall not provide service if denied reasonable access by parked vehicles, equipment, fixed objects, low hanging wires or other obstructions.

PO Box 103
Haw River, NC 27258
Phone: 336-578-0784
Email: mswing@townofhawriver.com
Town Website: www.townofhawriver.com

Town of Haw River

Important Phone Numbers:
Town Hall 336-578-0784
Public Works 336-578-5238
Parks & Rec 336-578-5600
Fire Dept. 336-578-1355
Police Dept. 336-578-4141
Emergency 911

Many of your Frequently Asked Questions can be found on the Town of Haw River website. The latest news & happenings around town, town documents, Council & Planning Board minutes, recycle schedule, ordinances, utility applications + much more! www.townofhawriver.com

The Town of Haw River is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

Contaminant (units)	Sample Date	MCL Violation / Y/N	Your / Water	Range / Low High	MCLG	MCL	Likely Source of Contamination
Total Asbestos (MFL)	5/17/11	N	ND		7	7	Decay of asbestos cement water mains; erosion of natural deposits

Contaminant (units)	MCL Violation / Y/N	Your / Water	MCLG	MCL	Likely Source of Contamination
Total Coliform Bacteria / (presence or absence)	N	ND	0	one positive monthly sample	Naturally present in the environment
Fecal Coliform or E. coli / (presence or absence)	N	ND	0	0 (Note: The MCL is exceeded if a routine sample and repeat sample are total coliform positive, and one is also fecal coliform or E. coli positive)	Human and animal fecal waste

Source Name	Susceptibility Rating	SWAP Report Date
Stoney Creek Reservoir	Moderate	June 2015
Lake Mackintosh	Moderate	June 2015

Contaminant (units)	Sample Date	Your / Water	# of sites found above the AL	MCLG	AL	Likely Source of Contamination
Copper (ppm) / (90th percentile)	6/17/15	0.00	0	1.3	AL=1.3	Corrosion of household plumbing systems; erosion of natural deposits
Lead (ppb) / (90th percentile)	6/17/15	0.00	0	0	AL=15	Corrosion of household plumbing systems, erosion of natural deposits