What this means is that the water you consume is safe, but we will have to take measures at some of our wells to reduce their gross alpha counts. Meanwhile, we will rely heavily on those wells exhibiting lower gross alpha counts and our surface water interconnection with Elizabethtown Water Company for your peace of mind. As of October 1999, we are already one month into the study. We are committed to providing you a high quality of water, so it is important to know just what the situation is in order to move in the right direction. No, there is no guarantee that the bottled water you buy is any lower in radium than the tap water.
Tap water is subject to more stringent monitoring requirements than bottled water.
Remember, the water in the distribution system and hence at your tap is at a safe level. This is not something to cause immediate concern. We will move expeditiously to effect a remedy on our effected wells based on the CH 2 M Hill study. It is recommended that homeowners have their private domestic wells tested for radium just as a precautionary measure.