How to Read a Water Quality Report: What it Does (and Doesn’t) Tell You - via AHA

All community public water systems are required annually to provide consumers important information about their drinking water quality via the Consumer Confidence Report (“CCR”), also referred to as the “Drinking Water Quality Report.” This report includes extensive information about where the water comes from and what is in the water so that consumers can make practical, informed decisions regarding potential risks associated to their drinking water supply. Learn about what information is required, as well as what may not be included and where to find that information that most impacts your brewing process.

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About Debbie Cerda

Debra Cerda began working in the water industry in 1997, as an environmental technician for the City of Austin’s Watershed Protection Department where she participated in various routine studies for environmental impact assessment as well as special studies including the Barton Springs Study and Jollyville Plateau Salamander Study.

Debra also served for two years as a Surface Water Operations and Maintenance Technician for the City of Austin’s Davis Water Treatment Plant, and holds a Class C Surfacewater Operator.

Debra took her skills from one water system to thousands when she joined the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality as a Drinking Water Quality Specialist. In her ten years at TCEQ, Debra provided technical assistance to public water systems throughout the state of Texas, to ensure compliance with the drinking water standards. She managed and implemented the Consumer Confidence Report (CCR), Nitrate/Nitrite, and Disinfection Byproducts programs, assisting PWS representatives with implementation and optimization of disinfection treatment to reduce disinfection byproducts and nitrification issues.

Debra served as the Texas representative on the U.S. EPA’s Drinking Water Academy Advisory Board as well as the Association of State Drinking Water Administrators CCR and Public Notification Stakeholders Committee. She is in her second term on the AHA’s Governing Committee, and is chair of the Diversity and International Subcommittee and co-chair of the Research and Education Fund Subcommittee.

Debra currently consults for small stand-alone water systems in central Texas, including Jester King Brewery where she works in the tasting room every weekend.

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