State of New Mexico

LEGAL NOTICE IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR DRINKING WATER Bloomfield Water Supply System Has Levels of Total Trihalomethanes above Drinking Water Standards Our water system recently violated a drinking water standard. Although this is not an emergency.as our customers, you have a rightto know what happened, what you should do, and what we are doing to correct this situation. We routinely monitor for the presence of drinking water contaminants. Testing results show that our system exceeds the standard or maximum contaminant level (MCL), for Total Trihalomethanes. The standard for Total Trihalomethanes is 0.080 mg/l. The average level of Total Trihalomethanes over the last quarter is shownin the table below: Sample Location SampleDate Quarter & Year TTHM LRAA (mg/L) TTHM·-1 -Western Refining 8/8/2017 3rd Quarter 20 1 7 .087 : What should I do? This is not an immediate risk. If it had been, you would have been notifiedimmediately. However, some people who drink water containing Total Trihalomethanesin excess of the MCL over many years may have an increased risk of getting cancer. Addi t ionally, some people drink water containing Total Trihalomethanes in excess of the MCL over many years may experience problems with their livers, kidneys or central nervous systems. What is being done? The City is flushing our water distribution system on a regular schedule and adding Sodium Hydroxide aid to remove TTHM's. We are also looking at installing a Spray Aeration System for TTHM removal within our storage tanks. We anticipate resolving the problem within 2019. For more information, please contact Rubin Armenta at (505)632-2486 or PO Box 1839, Bloomfield, NM 87413 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.

I hereby certify that the above Public Notice was posted at the following locations on Wednesday, November 29, 2017:

Kare Drug Citizens Bank

Farmers Market Bank of the Southwest

Roadside Restaurant Bloomfield Library

In witness whereof I set my hand and seal of the City of Bloomfield this Wednesday, November 29, 2017.

_______________________ Erikka A. Martinez, City Clerk