Public Health Goals Report
The purpose of the Public Health Goals Report is to provide water system customers information concerning detectable levels of a constituent below enforceable mandatory drinking water standards, Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs), and the cost to eliminate any trace of the contaminant from drinking water regardless of how minimal the health risk.
The Public Health Goals Report is:
- Required by the State of California
- A report of non-enforceable goals established by the California Environmental Protection Agency’s (Cal-EPA) Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA).
What do I need to know about MCLs?
- MCLs are the regulatory definition of what is “safe.”
- Adopted MCLs are the criteria utilized to ensure that a public water system is in compliance with drinking water standards.
- PHGs set by the OEHHA are based solely on public health risk considerations.
- None of the practical risk-management factors, which are considered by the USEPA or the DDW in setting drinking water standards (aka. MCLs), are considered in setting the MCLGs or PHGs.
You can review both current and past Public Health Goal Reports below.
Public Health Goals Reports