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PUBLIC HEARING - PUBLIC HEALTH GOALS REPORT
BACKGROUND: State legislation passed in 1996 requires all water purveyors with greater than ten thousand service connections to prepare a report comparing existing water quality with Public Health Goals (PHGs) adopted by California Environmental Protection Agency Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment and with the maximum contaminant level goals (MCLGs) adopted by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). PHGs and MCLGs are not enforceable standards and no action to meet these goals is required.
The drinking water quality of the City of Santa Rosa meets all State of California, Department of Public Health and USEPA drinking water standards set to protect public health. To further reduce the levels of the constituents identified in the report that are already below the health-based Maximum Contaminant Levels established to provide "safe drinking water" would require additional costly treatment processes. The effec...
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