Important Information about Your Drinking Water

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Turbidity Treatment Requirements Not Met - November 2025

Lummi Island Scenic Estates Community Club (LISECC) ID #43290 - Whatcom County

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Our water system recently violated a drinking water standard. Although this situation does not require that you should take immediate action, as our customers, you have a right to know what happened, what you should do, and what we are doing to correct the situation.

We routinely monitor your water for turbidity (cloudiness). This tells us whether we are effectively filtering the water supply. Water samples in November 2025 show that more than 5 percent of turbidity measurements were over 0.3 turbidity units – the standard is that no more than 5 percent of samples may exceed 0.3 turbidity units per month.

What should I do?

  • You do not need to boil your water or take other corrective actions. However, if you have specific health concerns, consult your doctor.

  • People with severely compromised immune systems, infants, and some elderly may be at increased risk. These people should seek advice about drinking water from their health care providers. General guidelines on ways to lessen the risk of infection by microbes are available from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Hotline at 1 (800) 426-4791.

What does this mean?

Turbidity has no health effects. However, turbidity can interfere with disinfection and provide a medium for microbial growth. Turbidity may indicate the presence of disease causing organisms. These organisms include bacteria, virus, and parasites that can cause symptoms such as nausea, cramps, diarrhea, and associated headaches. The symptoms above are not caused only by organisms in drinking water. If you experience any of these symptoms and they persist, you may want to seek medical advice.

What happened?

The quality of our reservoir water changed and our treatment process became less effective during these conditions, resulting in higher turbidity in the drinking water.

What is being done?

Staff have implemented adjustments to treatment plant operational procedures to improve filter performance. Water analysis and testing are being conducted, and treatment plant production rates have been decreased. A voluntary water conservation notice is being considered and will be provided to the membership if water demand outpaces water production. Staff are taking all necessary precautions to ensure that LISECC water remains safe to drink. We are also communicating updates and receiving advice from Washington Dept. of Health as we work under a Formal Compliance Agreement to return to compliance with water system regulations.

Reducing the turbidity in our drinking water is our first priority.
We will notify LISECC customers as this problem is corrected.

Please share this information with other people who drink your water (for example, tenants and guests).

For more information, please contact Nick Kluge, Operations Manager
phone: (360) 758-7055
email: nick@lisecc.com
mailing address: 1211 Island Drive, Lummi Island, WA 98262