2. (20 points) Annual water reports in the US are mandatory. Look up the most re

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2. (20 points) Annual water reports in the US are mandatory. Look up the most recent water quality report for the a city whose first letter is the same as the first letter in either your first or last name (if there isn't one, you can pick any city). Please write a summary of the water quality report, including the following information: b. c. d. e. f. inking water provider (name and location of company or municipality) Source water (surface water or ground water) Treatment scheme, if provided (draw) Type of coagulant used, if mentioned Have they had any violations? What regulations are mentioned? Cities Birmingham, AL Anchorage, AK Phoenix, AZ Little Rock, AR Los Angeles, CA San Diego, CA Denver, CO Harford, CT Tampa, FL Islamorada, FL Atlanta, GA Honolulu, HI Boise, ID Chicago, II Indianapolis, IN Des Moines, IA Topeka, KS Louisville, KY New Orleans, LA Portland, ME Baltimore, MD Boston, MA Detroit, MI Minneapolis, MN Billings, MT Omaha, NE Las Vegas, NV Concord, NH Jersey City, NJ Albuquerque, NM Brooklyn, NY Asheville, NC Fargo, ND Columbus, OH Portland, OR Pittsburgh, PA Providence, RI Seneca, SC Sioux Falls, SD Nashville, TN El Paso, TX Salt Lake City, UT Burlington, VT Arlington, VA Seattle, WA Wheeling, WV Milwaukee, WI Cheyenne, WY You must provide the URL of the website where you found this information or attach a printed copy of the water quality report at the end of your homework to receive credit for this question!

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BOSTON:

a)  Boston Water and Sewer Commission (BWSC) (http://www.bwsc.org/home/home.asp),

The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) and the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) jointly manage the Metropolitan Boston Water System (http://www.bwsc.org/ABOUT_BWSC/systems/water/sources.asp)

b) Boston's drinking water comes from two source reservoirs in central and western Massachusetts, the Quabbin and the Wachusetts Reservoirs. In addition to the reservoirs, the system includes surface aqueducts, covered storage tanks, treatment facilities and deep rock tunnels. This system is known as the Metropolitan Boston Water System. As one of MWRA's water community members, BWSC represents approximately 33 percent of the current demand on the MWRA water supply. As indicated above, BWSC's water comes from the Quabbin Reservoir and the Wachusett Reservoir, located about 65 miles and 35 miles west of Boston, respectively. The two reservoirs combined supplied an average of 214 mgd (millions of gallon a day) to consumers in 2007. The safe yield of the reservoir system is 320 mgd. (http://www.bwsc.org/ABOUT_BWSC/systems/water/sources.asp)

c) Water distributed to the Boston metropolitan area is conveyed from the reservoirs through the Cosgrove or Wachusett Aqueducts and treated at the MWRA's John J. Carroll Water Treatment Plant at Walnut Hill in Marlborough. Treatment includes ozone disinfection, pH adjustment with sodium bicarbonate and the addition of chloramines and fluoride. (http://www.bwsc.org/ABOUT_BWSC/systems/water/sources.asp)

e) http://www.bwsc.org/REGULATIONS/WaterRegulations.pdf

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