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Village presents 2024 Consumer Confidence Report; phosphate added, fluoride removed, lead inventory updated
Summary
Village staff presented the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report and described a multi‑year service‑line inventory required by the state to track lead/copper service materials. The village reported adding phosphate to the distribution system and removing fluoride per state direction.
Tom, a village staff member, presented the Village of Hartland’s 2024 Consumer Confidence Report and explained key changes in water treatment and testing.
Tom said the village completed a service‑line inventory required by the state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) that documents the private service‑line material from curb stop to house for each property. That data are now available on the village website in a mapping tool, Tom said.
On treatment chemicals, Tom told the board the village added phosphate to the distribution system to reduce lead leaching by coating pipe interiors; he said fluoride is no longer being added. He described the DNR‑mandated testing schedule for lead and copper — a five‑year sampling cycle — and said the village had recently submitted additional sample sites for the current compliance round.
Tom also noted the village’s water hardness is relatively high (23 on the hardness scale) and that the village is monitoring PFAS compounds; one well is close to the DNR/EPA screening level but remains below regulatory thresholds at this time. He said the DNR and EPA have not finalized an enforceable PFAS standard and that the village is tracking developments.
Copies of the Consumer Confidence Report and a QR code directing residents to the report and the service‑line inventory map will be included in the summer recreation guide and are available at village hall and on the village website.
The board asked a few technical questions about sampling dates and testing cadence; Tom said some of the lead/copper samples in the published report reflect the five‑year sample requirement but added the village is currently collecting additional sites for the latest round.
