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The 2011 Alabama Groundwater Conference was held on June 9. There were approximately 135 registered attendees. ADEM continues to support and be part of the Groundwater Guardian Program. ADEM was designated a Groundwater Guardian Affiliate for the fifteenth year. In addition, nine communities in Alabama were designated by the National Groundwater Foundation as Groundwater Guardians. The communities include Covington County, Etowah County-Middle Coosa Watershed, City of Eufaula, Madison County, New Brockton/Coffee County, Shelby County, St. Clair County-Middle Coosa Watershed, Sumter and Marengo Counties, and the City of Tuscumbia. The Groundwater Festival Program continues to be a part of the Wellhead Protection Program by providing a structured outreach and education event. It provides an avenue for utilities to become involved in and initiate drinking water education programs in their service area. ARWA, with input from ADEM, continues to maintain the Water Festival website. Groundwater Festivals were held in 27 counties in the State and hosted 22,000 students. ADEM continues to offer the Festival grant, which provides a maximum of $1,000 to each county. All 27 counties that applied were awarded the grant. ADEM continues to actively recruit counties to participate in Groundwater Festivals. Area Wide Optimization Program (AWOP) Participation ADEM continued to be an active participant in the EPA Region 4 Area Wide Optimization Multi-State Pilot Program. The AWOP-MSPP is a cooperative effort to optimize performance of existing surface water treatment plants. The main goal of the program is to maximize public health protection from microbial contaminants and disinfection byproducts by coordinating existing system resources with proven performance improvement tools. Other states participating in the program include Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Florida. Several members of the Drinking Water Branch’s Surface Water Section participated in and conducted activities associated with AWOP-MSPP. These activities included the following: • ADEM staff attended the three AWOP planning meetings and workshops during FY2011. These meetings were held December 2010 in Rock Hill, SC; March 2011 in Decatur, GA; and July 2011 in Cincinnati, OH. • ADEM participated in developmental activities for the Distribution System Comprehensive Performance Evaluation with the EPA Technical Support Center during FY2011. ADEM concluded the Comprehensive Technical Assistance program with the City of Tuscaloosa, EPA Technical Service Center, and Process Applications, Inc. • ADEM personnel began participation in developmental activities for the Distribution System Comprehensive Performance Evaluation with the EPA Technical Support Center during FY2011 in association with several water systems in Cullman County. • ADEM conducted its thirteenth annual training session for surface water treatment plant personnel in October 2011 at Auburn University Montgomery. • ADEM conducted microbial Performance Based Training sessions with personnel from five surface water treatment plants. • Presentations regarding AWOP topics were made at the AWPCA and ARWA conferences. 10
• Each Surface Water Engineer has made AWOP a priority for the systems in their district and incorporates AWOP into their daily activities. Enforcement Activities Drinking Water Branch enforcement activities are shown in Table 3. 75 violation letters (e.g. – Maximum Contaminant Level exceedances, Monitoring and Reporting violations, etc.) were mailed to water systems during FY2011. Because of the seriousness of MCL violations, Drinking Water staff attempt to perform as many follow-up inspections as possible for this type of violation. These follow-up inspections were conducted as either separate inspections or in conjunction with the annual inspection or sanitary survey. Circumstances surrounding the violation were discussed with system personnel and, if necessary, procedural changes were implemented by the system to prevent recurrence of the violation. Drinking Water Branch staff conducted a total of eight of these follow-up visits. TABLE 3 ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS Enforcement Action No. Violation Letters 75 Compliance Meetings 0 Violation Follow-ups 8 Notices of Violation 12 Show Cause Hearings 0 Consent Orders 10 Unilateral Orders 0 Court Cases 0 Twelve Notices of Violation (NOVs) were issued for systems incurring multiple violations, having multiple deficiencies at one time, or having an issue needing increased attention from the water system. The majority of the ten consent orders were issued for water systems that became disinfection byproducts Significant Non-Compliers (SNC). Prior to finalizing a consent order, a water system is afforded the opportunity to meet with Branch staff and “show cause” why the order should be modified or withdrawn. No show cause hearings were held during the fiscal year. The Department did not enter into any court cases during FY2011. Bacteriological Monitoring and Compliance A total of 530 community water systems were required to monitor for bacteriological contaminants. Thirteen systems incurred monitoring violations, and fifteen systems incurred MCL violations. A complete list of all water systems with bacteriological violations can be found in Appendices B and C. 97.5% of the community water systems were in compliance with monitoring and reporting requirements for the Coliform Standard and 98.4% were in compliance with MCL standards. 11
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