Translations for Public Notification

As part of the Office of Drinking Water's implementation of the new federal Public Notification Rule, a great new tool has been developed to assist purveyors in communicating important water system information to non-English speaking populations. This tool consists of four basic drinking water messages, which have been translated into twenty-seven different languages. More information on public notification requirements for water systems.

The translated phrases are jpg images to prevent accidental changes to the text. Right click on the desired language link and choose the option similar to "save target" and save to a folder on your computer. You can also double click the desired link, view the image, right click on the image and choose the option similar to "save picture as." You can then import the image into a document and resize it as needed. Alternate file format information.

All the translated phrases below are also available in this Word document. You can copy the phrases out of the Word document for use in other materials. Some are images and some are text. Care should be taken to prevent accidental changes to the text versions when copying.

"This report contains important information about your drinking water. Have someone translate it for you, or speak with someone who understands it."	"Boil your water before using."	"Don't drink the water."	"Children under 12 months old should not drink the water. Don't use the water to make formula."
The above paragraph is available in the languages below.	The above sentence is available in the languages below.	The above sentence is available in the languages below.	The above paragraph is available in the languages below.
Amharic	Amharic	Amharic	Amharic
Arabic	Arabic	Arabic	Arabic
Cambodian (Khmer)	Cambodian (Khmer)	Cambodian (Khmer)	Cambodian (Khmer)
Chinese Simplified	Chinese-Simplified	Chinese-Simplified	Chinese-Simplified
Chinese Traditional	Chinese Traditional	Chinese Traditional	Chinese Traditional
English	English	English	English
Farsi	Farsi	Farsi	Farsi
French	French	French	French
Greek	Greek	Greek	Greek
Hebrew	Hebrew	Hebrew	Hebrew
Hindi	Hindi	Hindi	Hindi
Hmong	Hmong	Hmong	Hmong
Japanese	Japanese	Japanese	Japanese
Korean	Korean	Korean	Korean
Laotian	Laotian	Laotian	Laotian
Oromo	Oromo	Oromo	Oromo
Polish	Polish	Polish	Polish
Punjabi	Punjabi	Punjabi	Punjabi
Russian	Russian	Russian	Russian
Samoan	Samoan	Samoan	Samoan
Serbo-Croatian	Serbo-Croatian	Serbo-Croatian	Serbo-Croatian
Somali	Somali	Somali	Somali
Spanish	Spanish	Spanish	Spanish
Tagalog	Tagalog	Tagalog	Tagalog
Thai	Thai	Thai	Thai
Tigrigna	Tigrigna	Tigrigna	Tigrigna
Ukrainian	Ukrainian	Ukrainian	Ukrainian
Vietnamese	Vietnamese	Vietnamese	Vietnamese
The water glass and faucet may be useful in a posted notice that would be seen by many non-English speaking people to illustrate that they should not drink the water.

Glass with faucet graphic

Glass graphic

For questions contact your regional office.

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Translations for Public Notification

"This report contains important information about your drinking water. Have someone translate it for you, or speak with someone who understands it."

"Boil your water before using."

"Don't drink the water."

"Children under 12 months old should not drink the water. Don't use the water to make formula."