TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
Erick Lee, Public Works Director
Lou Vargas, Utilities Manager
Nicholle Petroff, Management Analyst
SUBJECT:Title
Conduct Public Hearing Regarding the Triennial Water System Report on Public Health Goals (Public Works Director Lee).
(Estimated Time: 10 Min.)
A) CONDUCT PUBLIC HEARING
B) RECEIVE AND FILE REPORT
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council conduct a public hearing and receive and file the Triennial Water System Report on Public Health Goals.
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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 available upon request every three years that compares the levels of drinking water constituents with their respective Public Health Goals (PHGs) or Maximum Contaminant Level Goals (MCLGs). Additionally, the City is required to hold a public hearing for the purpose of accepting and responding to public comments on the report.
The PHGs report is a legislative requirement to provide information on the detection of any contaminants above levels stated in PHGs adopted by the State Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) and are established by the California Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). MCLGs are established by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). Additionally, the PHG report intends to provide an estimate of the cost to reduce the contaminant from drinking water to non-detectable levels regardless of how minimal the risk might be.
PHGs and MCLGs are not water quality standards; they are goals identifying extremely small health risks. As indicated in the attached Annual Water Quality Reports, the water distributed by t...
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