HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-Consideration to Accept the Public Health Goals ReportPublic Utility District
CONSENT
To:
Board of Directors
From:
Mark Thomas
Date:
June 05, 2013
Subject: Consideration to Accept the Public Health Goals Report
1. WHY THIS MATTER IS BEFORE THE BOARD
Only the Board can accept the Public Health Goals Report.
2. HISTORY
State law mandates that a report be prepared every three years to inform the public of
any water system contaminates that are under the Maximum Contaminate Levels
(MCL), but over the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, Public Health
Goals. The Public Health Goals Report has been completed and is included as
Attachment 1.
The Board set a Public Hearing date on May 1, 2013 for the June 5, 2013 regular
Board meeting. The Public Hearing was advertised in the Sierra Sun on May 22, 2013.
3. NEW INFORMATION
The State mandated Public Hearing portion of the Public Health Goals Report to
receive written and oral input was held earlier this evening.
The Public Health Goal Report contains the following:
• The TDPUD water system meets all the Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL)
standards;
• When setting Public Health Goals, the California Office of Environmental Health
Hazard Assessment does not take financial cost nor technology into account
when setting a goal;
• The report covers a three-year period of annual testing from distribution and
source waters;
• The Public Health Goals Report is required if any one sample in a three-year
period is over the public health goal standard;
• There are 97 constituents that have Public Health Goal levels;
• The District only has one constituent that was found to be over the Public
Health Goal: arsenic; and
• The health hazards associated with not meeting these goals have not
scientifically been proven.
4. FISCAL IMPACT
There is no direct fiscal impact associated with this action.
5. RECOMMENDATION
Accept the Public Health Goals Report.
Michael D. Holley
General Manager / Water Utility Manager