The Federal Clean Air and Water Act require all water utilities systems conduct a lead and copper sampling program. It requires the water systems to sample residential locations inside at the tap to measure the amount of lead and copper in the water that the resident consumes.
This testing is required every 3 years for the Village Center Service Area (VCSA), Little Sumter Service Area (LSSA), and North Sumter Service Area (NSU) and annually for the Central Sumter Utility (CSU).
Over the next several weeks’ technicians from the utility and maintenance contractor, CH2MHill will be in the VCSA area and the CSU area requesting participation from residents. The CH2MHill technicians will be wearing blue and white shirts with a CH2MHill logo, identification badges and driving a vehicle (car or truck) with CH2MHill markings on the side.
The technicians will spend time explaining the program to the residents that elect to participate. The sampling program must be completed by Sept. 30.
This is a voluntary program and residents are not required to participate. However all residents that do participate in this testing will receive a copy of the analytical results at no cost to them. If you have any questions please feel free to contact District Customer Service at 352-753-4508 or Utility Billing and Customer Service at 352-750-0000.
