Water Quality Reports - Consumer Confidence Reports

The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) was passed by Congress in 1974 to protect public health by regulating the nation's drinking water supply.  This Act authorizes the Environmental Protection agency to set national standards (health-based) for drinking water to protect us from both naturally occurring and human-made contaminants that may affect our drinking water.  The EPA has set standards for 90 contaminants under SDWA.  As a result, "drinking water is the most regulated and controlled substance you can ingest--more than any other food, drug, or beverage" (AWWA).

Every year, the City of Florence publishes a Consumer Confidence or Water Quality Report that summarizes information about the public water supply.  This publication includes information about the consumer confidence rule, general information about the content of the report, water quality data, detected contaminant (if any), and educational information.  These reports are provided to customers by July 1 of each year.  Prior year reports can be found on the links below.

Quick Fact: Bottled water is regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a food product, and is required to meet the same standards that the EPA sets for tap water. 

Some Frequently Asked Questions:

Question: Does the City of Florence fluoridate the City's drinking water?

Answer: Fluoride is added to the City of Florence's water at the EPA recommended rate of 0.7mg/l (milligrams per liter).  Water fluoridation has been recognized as one of the 10 greatest public health achievements of the 20th Century by the CDC and the use of fluoride has been a major factor in the decline in the prevalence and severity of tooth decay in the United States.  Click Here for More Information

Question: Does the City of Florence add chlorine to the City's drinking water?

Answer: Chlorine is used to disinfect drinking water.  It is added to kill bacteria, viruses, and other microorganisms that cause disease.  Chlorination began in the 1900's and as a result, the number of people that died of typhoid dropped dramatically and can be attributed to low mortality rates and longer life expectancies in the United States.

Quick Fact: A human can last longer without food than without water.  You can survive from 3-6 weeks without food, but only 2 to 10 days without water.

Consumer Confidence Reports are available for the following years:

2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020

2019 - 2018 - 2017 - 2016 - 2015

2014 - 2013 - 2012 - 2011 - 2010

2009 - 2008