Vol. 21, No. 6 - Oct 1999I
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October 1999 - VOL. 21 NO.6
ANNUAL LEAF PICK-UP
Beginning October 25th and ending on November 18th, public works crews will make one pass by your
house every week.
Leaves should be raked into the street on the day before your
scheduled pick-up (see map below) in a long neat row, about
a foot from the curb (see illustration). If your street has no
curb and gutter, put the leaves in the street a foot from the
edge of the pavement. This is extremely important since we
cannot do a neat and thorough job without your cooperation..
DON'T rake them into piles and please do not include
anything but leaves! Foreign materials (including grass
clippings) cause terrible problems for the leaf sweepers.
Parkway
Street & Ijyilr ,1 `yW,L„
77 ONE FOOT
Between leaves and curb
• If there is a car parked in front of your house, we'll have to drive around it and try to get your leaves the
following week. Keep putting as many leaves out each week as you possibly can so that we aren't overwhelmed
on the last pick-up. We'll try to stick closely to the schedule — weather being the dominant factor.
After your final pick-up date, all leaves must be bagged for pick up by the scavenger on the Tuesday collection,
using yard waste bags with stickers. December 9`h is the last yard waste pick-up for the year because that's
when the compost site used by the Village will be closed for the winter.
The following streets are the exceptions. Keep your leaves
on the parkway behind the curb and they will be picked up
weekly by the vacuum leaf machine.
Birch Court Meadow Lane
Brand Lane Meadowbrook Lane
Brierhill Road Northwoods Drive
Deerfield Road Park Lane
Elder Lane Pear Tree Road Thursday
Forsythia Drive Princeton Lane
Greenwood Avenue Ramsay Road Wednesday
Hazel Avenue River Road
Journal Place Todd Court DEERFELD ROAD
Kerry Lane Waukegan Road
Landis Lane Wilmot Road Tuesday Vonday
Cherry Street (south of Somerset)
• Crabtree Lane (off Greenwood)
Fairview Avenue (Gordon to Lake Cook)
Forestway Drive (Gordon to Lake Cook)
Greenbriar Drive (west of Evergreen)
Jonquil Terrace (south of Brookside)
Lombardy Lane (north of Anthony)
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Introduction
We are pleased to present to you this year's Annual Water Quality Report. This Consumer
Confidence Report is designed to inform you about the water we deliver to you every day. Our goal
is.to provide you with a safe and dependable supply of drinking water. The Village is committed to
insuring the quality and delivery of your water. We hope you find this information useful, but if you
have any questions about this report or water quality, please contact James Soyka, Director of Public
Works and Enizineerim, at 847-945-5000. We are also pleased to report that the drinking water
provided by the Village meets or exceeds all State of Illinois and United States Environmental
Protection Agency regulations and that we are not operating under any variance or exemption from
the established drinking water regulations or standards.
Source of Drinking Water
The Village of Deerfield purchases all drinking water from the City of Highland Park. The City of
Highland Park draws its raw water from a 54-inch intake pipe located a mile off shore in Lake
Michigan. This intake is about 25 feet deep. Two smaller pipes, 16 and 20 inches in diameter, also
feed water into the plant for treatment. •
All sources of drinking water are subject to potential contamination by constituents that are naturally
occurring or are man made. Those constituents can be microbes, organic or inorganic chemicals, or
radioactive materials. All 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.
General
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 can dissolve naturally occurring minerals and radioactive material and can pick up
substances resulting from the presence of animals or from human activity. Possible contaminants
consist of -
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;
Radioactive Contaminantswhich may be naturally occurring or the result of oil and gas
production and mining activities.
In order to ensure that tap water is safe to drink, USEPA prescribes regulations that 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.
Contaminants Monitoring Results
The Village of Deerfield and City of Highland Park routinely monitor for contaminants in your
drinking water according to Federal and State Laws. The following table shows the results of our
monitoring for the period of January 1 to December 31, 1998.
Definitions
In this table you will find many terms and abbreviations you may not be familiar with. To help you
better understand these terms we have provided the following definitions:
ppm - Parts per million or Milligrams per liter (mg/1).
ppb -Parts per billion or Micrograms per liter (ug/1).
ppt - Parts per trillion or Nanograms per liter (nanograms/1).
NTU - Nephelometric Turbidity Unit, used to measure of the cloudiness in drinking water.
%<0.5 NTU - Percent samples less than 0.5 NTU.
Mremlyr - millirems per year, used to measure radiation absorbed by the body.
pCi - picrocuries per liter, used to measure radioactivity.
#pos/mo - number of positive per month.
AL - Action Level or the concentration of a contaminant which, if exceeded, triggers treatment or
other requirements which a water system must follow.
TT -Treatment Technique or a required process intended to reduce the level of a contaminants in
drinking water. .
MCL - Maximum Contaminant Level or 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.
MCLG - Maximum Contaminant Level Goal or the level of a contaminant in drinking water below
which there is no known or expected risk to health.
• n/a - not applicable.
nd - none detected
HALLOWEEN INIFOI[8MA'IlTI<DN
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SCAVENGER AND RECYCLING SERVICE will
be on Saturday, November 27th instead of Friday,
November 26th due to the Thanksgiving holiday.
THE NEXT BLOOD DRIVE is Sunday, December
5th from 8:00 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Park District
Community Center. You may either call Gil or Linda
Antokal at 9404335 to make an appointment or just
drop in.
REMEMBER TO CHANGE YOUR CLOCKS AT
2 A.M. ON OCTOBER 31ST. This is also a good
time to change the batteries in your smoke detectors.
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This is the time of year when residents are sent letters
requesting contributions to the Deerfield Lincolnshire
Bannockburn Riverwoods Area United Way. All
donations received are distributed to area agencies that
serve the needs of these communities.
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Applications forms for the 1999 Human Relations
Award will be accepted until October 29th. If you
would like to nominate someone, you can pick up a
form at the Village Hall, or one can be mailed to you.
The award(s) will be presented at the annual
Ecumenical Thanksgiving Service in November. For
more information, call Barb Bishop at 317-2490.
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The Deerfield Park District and
schools are again sponsoring the
following Halloween Hoopla events:
Friday, October 22nd from 7-9:30 P.M. at
Jewett Park and Fieldhouse - Haunted house,
bonfire and refreshments.
Saturday, October 23rd from 11 A.M. to 2
P.M. at Jewett Park and the Community Center -
indoor/outdoor games, entertainment, haunted
house and plenty of food for sale.
Friday, October 29th from 7-9 P.M. — 6th, 7th
and 8th graders - Halloween Hoopla dance at
Shepard Jr. High.
For more information about Halloween Hoopla,
call 945-0650.
TRICK —OR —TREAT DATE
& HOURS:
SUN DAY, O(CTOBER 31ST
3:30 P.M. TO 7:00 P.M.
TRICK —OR -TREATING WILL NOT BE
RESCHEDULED DUE TO INCLEMENT
WEATHER.
VILLAGE OF DEERFIELD
850 Waukegan Road Bulk Rate
Deerfield, Illinois 60015 U.S.POSTAGE
PAID
Fire Department..............................911 Permit No. 1
Deerfield, llinois
Fire Department Non -Emergency 945-4066 CAR/PRE-ISORT
Police Department.............................911
Police Department Non -Emergency ............945-8636
Village Hall .............................945-5000
Public Works............................317-7245 POSTAL CUSTOMER
Web Page.......................www.deerfield-il.org BERNARD FORREST, Mayor DEERFIELD, ILLINO:S 60015
TRUSTEES
Steven M. Harris John H. Neuberger Derek Ragona
Harriet Rosenthal William S. Seiden Vernon E. Swanson
Roberta� D. Franz, Village Manager
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1998 W atefr Qualiity Data
Contaminant (units) MCLG MCL Level Range of Violation Date of Typical Source of Contamination
Found Detection Sample
Total Coliform Bacteria >1
(#pos/mo)
11
nd
nd-nd
Naturally present in the environment
Turbidity (%,0.5 NTU)* n/a
TT 100 100-100
Soil runoff
Turbidity (NTU)* n/a
TT=5 0.21 n/a
Soil runoff
NTU Max
Wadioacdve Contaminants
Beta/Photon Emitters 0
50 8 8-8
Decay of natural and man-made deposits
(pCi/I)*
no ante Contaminants
Barium (ppm)* 2
2 0.015 0.015-0.015
Discharge of drilling wastes; discharge from
metal refineries; erosion of natural deposits.
Copper (ppm) 1.3
Cyanide (ppb)* 200
Lead(ppb) 0
AL=1.3 0.100 0 exceeding
AL
200 10 10-10
AL=15 7 1 exceeding
AL
Corrosion of household plumbing; erosion of
natural deposits; leaching from wood
preservative.
Discharge from steel/metal factories;
discharge from plastic and fertilizer factories.
Corrosion of household plumbing systems;
erosion of natural deposits.
Fluoride (ppm)* 4
4
1.09
1.09-1.09
Erosion of natural deposits; water additive
which promotes strong teeth; discharge from
fertilizer and aluminum factories.
Nitrate [as Nitrogen] 10
10
0.4
0.4-0.4
Runoff from fertilizer use; leaching from
(ppm)*
septic tanks, sewage; erosion of natural
deposits.
Nitrate & Nitrite (ppm)* 10
10
0.4
0.4-0.4
Runoff from fertilizer use; leaching from
septic tanks, sewage; erosion of natural
deposits.
olatile Organic Contaminants
TTHM [TotalTri- n/a
100
14.75
10.00-24.00
By product of drinking water chlorination.
halomethanes] (ppb)
tate R?9A&ted Contaminants
Sodium (ppm)* n/a
n/a
6.6
6.6-6.6
Erosion of naturally occurring deposits; used
in water softeners.
nve ulated Contaminants
Bromodichloromethane n/a
n/a
8.00
4.00-8.00
By product of drinking water chlorination.
(ppb)
Chloroform (ppb) n/a
n/a
12.00
4.00-12.00
Used as a solvent for fats, oils, rubber,
resins; a cleaning agent; found in fire
extinguishers.
Dibromochloromethane n/a
n/a
4.00
2.00-4.00
Used as a chemical reagent; an intermediate
(ppb)
in organic synthesis.
*Renorted by ON of Hiahland Park
Inmost cases, the "Level Found " column represents an average of sample result data collected during
the CCR calendar year. The "Range of Detections " column represents a range of individual sample
results, from lowest to highest, that were collected during the CCR calendar year. If data appears
in the "Date of Sample " column, the Illinois EPA requires monitoring for this contaminant less than
once per year because the concentrations do not frequently change. If no date appears in the column,
monitoring for this contaminant was conducted during the CCR calendar year.
About The Data
Turbidity Turbidity is a measure of the cloudiness of the water. It is monitored because it is a
good indicator of water quality and the effectiveness of the filtration and disinfectants.
Beta/Photon The MCL for beta particles is 4 mrem/year. EPA considers 50 pCi/1 to be a level of
Emitters concern for beta particles.
Sodium There is not a state or federal MCL for sodium. Monitoring is required information
to consumers and health officials that are concerned about sodium intake due to
dietary precautions. If the level is greater than 20 mg/l, and you are on a sodium -
restricted diet, you should consult a physician.
Lead Infants and young children are typically more vulnerable to lead in drinking water than
the general population. It is possible that lead levels at your home may be higher than
at other homes in the community as a result of materials used in your home's
plumbing. If you are concerned about elevated lead levels in your home's water, you
may wish to have your water tested. Also flush your tap for 30 seconds to 2 minutes
before using tap water. Additional information is -available from the Safe Drinking
Water Hotline (1 -800-426-479 1).
In addition to the contaminants listed in the table above, test for the presence of 67 other
contaminants were made but not detected during the reporting year. These contaminants include 9
inorganic compounds (i.e. arsenic), 29 synthetic organic compounds (i.e. atrazine), 20 volatile organic
compounds (i.e. trichloroethylene), and 6 state regulated compounds (i.e. aldrin and DDT).
Lead and Copper
The Village of Deerfield has been in full compliance with all regulations for lead and copper control.
Special Information Available
Some people may be more vulnerable to contaminants in drinking water than the general population.
Immuno-compromised individuals, 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 microbiologial contaminants are available
from the Safe Drinking Water Hotline (1 -800-426-479 1).
0 Violations Summary Table
No violations were recorded by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency during this reporting
period.