Important Information About Your Drinking Water
Public Water System
NAME: Turkey Municipal Water System
ID: 0960003
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR DRINKING WATER
Lead Treatment Technique Requirements Not Met Our water system recently violated a drinking water requirement. Although this incident was not an emergency, as our customers, you have a right to know what happened and what we did (are doing) to correct this situation. Failure to meet minimum treatment requirements for lead has the potential to increase your exposure to lead. We did not complete the following requirements):
Requirements) not met: Lead Service Line Inventory completion
Period(s) of Non-Compliance: 10/14/2024 - 4/2/2026. There is no safe level of lead in drinking water. Exposure to lead in drinking water can cause serious health effects in all age groups, especially pregnant people, infants (both formula-fed and breastfed), and young children. Some of the health effects to infants and children include decreases in IQ and attention span. Lead exposure can also result in new or worsened learning and behavior problems. The children of persons who are exposed to lead before or during pregnancy may be at increased risk of these harmful health effects. Adults have increased risks of heart disease, high blood pressure, kidney or nervous system problems. Contact your health care provider for more information about your risks.
What should I do? There is nothing you need to do at this time. You may continue to drink the water. We will notify you within 24 hours if a situation arises where the water is no longer safe to drink.
What is being done? The Lead Service Line Inventory has been completed and submitted. This notice shows that it was not completed in the year 2024 when it was due.
Expected completion date for the corrective action: 4/1/2026
For more information, please contact:
PWS Contact Name: Lynette Findley.
Phone: 806-423-1033
_ Email: cityofturkey@gmail.com Please share this information with all the other people who drink this water, especially those who may not have received this notice directly (for example, people in apartments, nursing homes, schools, and businesses). You can do this by posting this notice in a public place or distributing copies by hand or mail.
Date distributed: 5/28/26
Notice of Drinking Water, Nitrate Violation Mandatory Language for a Maximum Contaminant Level Violation MCL
PUBLIC NOTICE
Notice of Drinking Water, Nitrate Violation Mandatory Language for a Maximum Contaminant Level Violation MCL, SINGLE SAMPLE / NITRATE
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has notified the TURKEY MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM TX0960003 that the drinking water being supplied to customers had exceeded the Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) for nitrate. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) has established the MCL for nitrate to be 10 milligrams per liter (mg/L) based on a single sample and has determined that it is a health concern at levels above the MCL. Analysis of drinking water in your community for nitrate indicates a compliance value in quarter two 2026 of 16 mg/L for EP001.
Infants below the age of six months who drink water containing nitrate in excess of the MCL could become seriously ill and, if untreated, may die.
Symptoms include shortness of breath and blue baby syndrome. If your child is under the age of six months, the child MUST be given an alternative water supply for any consumption. Boiling the affected water is NOT an effective treatment for nitrate removal. Most consumers do not need to use an alternative water supply. However, if you have health concerns, you may want to talk to your doctor to get more information about how this may affect you. At this time, the health effects to fetuses of pregnant women are unclear. If you are pregnant, you may also choose to use an alternative source of water for drinking and cooking purposes.
The City is taking the following actions to address this issue by searching for different water sources and studying more effective processes to implement that will assist in alleviating the high levels of nitrate. Bottled water is available at the Turkey City Hall located at 602 Lyles Street, at no cost to those needing alternative source of water supply. Please share this information with all people who drink this water, especially those who may not have received this notice directly.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding this matter, you may contact the City Manager, Lynette Findley, at 806-423-1033. Thank you.
Posted/Delivered on: 7/1/26 Public Water System ID# 0960003.