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The Union City Municipal Authority Water Department |
What can I do to help? As a resident or business in the Union City Borough Watershed, you make choices everyday that can affect the water quality and quantity you see in the local streams. These decisions affect not only the aquatic life in the watershed, but potentially the water you drink. Whether you receive water from a public water supply like the Union City Authority or have your own private well, you should be concerned about the impact you have on drinking water quality. Be aware of where you get your drinking water and what areas influence its quality and quantity. If you see anything suspicious or potentially threatening to any water supply, report it to the water supplier or proper authorities at once.
The Union City Municipal Authority promotes and supports active public involvement in our source water protection efforts. “The way we live now will affect the state of the world in the future. The world I envision for you and your children is one where … all people have … clean, safe drinking water.” -Rosa Parks with Gregory J. Reed, Dear Mrs. Parks, 1996
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The value of a clean, high quality drinking water supply cannot be overestimated. Public Water Supplies invest a great amount of time and money into their water systems. It only makes sense to protect that investment. The Source Water Protection Program is meant to be a tool for public water supplies to ensure their drinking water remains clean and of high quality now and for future generations. The program is designed to be a multi-barrier, multi-jurisdictional approach to continually manage and protect public drinking water. Our watershed (the surrounding area that influences our reservoir) is approximately 1630 acres. Our reservoir, which is mostly spring fed, encompasses an area of 37 acres and contains approximately 100 million gallons of water. The reservoir is essentially free of agricultural and industrial contaminants. Our major source of contaminant entry is weather event related runoff in the watershed area.
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