TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Talyn Mirzakhanian, City Manager
FROM:
Ted Semaan, Interim Public Works Director
Jeff Page, Utilities Manager
Sandy Nimat, Water Compliance Supervisor
SUBJECT:Title
Conduct the 2025 Public Health Goals Public Hearing (PHGs) and Receive a Presentation Identifying the Levels of Public Health Goals of Manhattan Beach Drinking Water in Comparison to the PHGs set by the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) (No Budget Impact) (Interim Public Works Director Semaan).
(Estimated Time: 10 Mins. )
A) CONDUCT PUBLIC HEARING
B) RECEIVE AND FILE REPORT
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RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council conduct a public hearing and receive and file the Triennial Water System Report on Public Health Goals.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
There are no immediate fiscal implications at this time.
BACKGROUND:
Section 116470(b) of the California Health and Safety Code requires public water systems serving more than 10,000 service connections to prepare a written report every three years comparing detected drinking water constituents with their corresponding Public Health Goals (PHGs) or Maximum Contaminant Level Goals (MCLGs). There are approximately 16,500 connections in Manhattan Beach. The regulation also requires the City to hold a public hearing to accept and respond to community comments on the report.
PHGs are developed by the California Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) and are based solely on health risk considerations. When a PHG has not been adopted for a constituent, the City shall instead use the federal MCLG established by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). Only those constituents with enforceable drinking water standards, known as Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs), and either a PHG or an MCLG are required to be addressed in this report.
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