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SR-502-001-06 EPWM:WRGB:JH/PublicHealthGoals2004 City Council Meeting: October 26, 2004 ltA OCT .2 6 2004 Santa Monica, California TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: City Staff SUBJECT: Report on City's Water Quality Relative to Public Health Goals Introduction This item transmits a report on the City's drinking water quality relative to state and federal goals. The report recommends that the City Council take public comment and approve the report, as required by law. Backqround California Health and Safety Code Section 1164 70(b) mandates that a Public Health Goals (PHG) Report be prepared and a public hearing to review the report be held every three years by public water system providers with more than 10,000 service connections. The purpose of the legislative requirement is to give water system customers access to information on levels of contaminants, even those that are below the mandatory thresholds. Public Health Goals (PHGs) are set by the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), and are equivalent to, but not the same as the Maximum Contaminant Level Goals (MCLGs) set by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). PHGs are not the same as the regulatory drinking water standards set by USEPA and the California Department of Health Services (CDHS). 1 ttA OCT 2 6 2004 PHGs are not required to be enforced, and no action to meet them is mandated. The USEPA and CDHS water quality requirements are enforceable standards, and Santa Monica's drinking water supply complies with all standards established by these agencies. Discussion The attached document entitled "City of Santa Monica Report on Water Quality Relative to Public Health Goals" has been prepared pursuant to state Health and Safety Code. The report compares the quality of the City's groundwater and supplemental supplies with Public Health Goals (PHGs) adopted by the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) and with the Maximum Contaminant Level Goals (MCLGs) adopted by United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). The water quality of the City of Santa Monica's water system complies with all of the health-based drinking water standards established by the California Department of Health Services (CDHS) and USEPA. Substances in the City's water supply are below the applicable Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs) required by these regulatory agencies. Copies of the report will be available for public review at the City Clerk's office, the Water Resources Division office and all City libraries. 2 BudqeUFinanciallmpact The recommendation presented in this report has no fiscal/budgetary impact. Recommendation Staff recommends that council receive public comments, and approve the attached report entitled "City of Santa Monica Report on Water Quality Relative to Public Health Goals". Prepared by: Craig Perkins, Director, Environmental and Public Works Management Gil Borboa, Water Resources Manager Miriam Cardenas, Principal Water Chemist Attachment: City of Santa Monica Report on Water Quality Relative to Public Health Goals 3 e .. ~ City of Santa Monica@ CITY OF SANTA MONICA REPORT ON WATER QUALITY RELATIVE TO PUBIC HEALTH GOALS BACKGROUND Public Health Goals Public Health Goals (PHGs) are set by the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), which is part of Cal-EP A and are based solely on public health risk considerations. None of the risk-management factors that are considered by the USEP A or the California Department of Health Services (CDHS) in setting drinking water standards are considered in setting the PHGs. These factors include analytical detection capability, treatment technology available, benefits and costs. The PHGs are not enforceable and are not required to be met by any public water system. MCLGs are the federal equivalent to PHGs, but are not identical. Legislation Provisions of the California Health and Safety Code (Senate Bill 1307, Calderon-Sher, 1997 Legislative session) required water utilities with more than 10,000 service connections to prepare a special report by July 1, 1998 iftheir water quality measurements exceeded any Public Health Goals (PHGs). Subsequent PHG reports are required every three years. PHGs are non-enforceable goals established by the Cal-EPA's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA). As of April 23, 2004, 71 PHGs have been adopted by OEHHA. The law also requires that where OEHHA has not adopted a PHG for a constituent, the water suppliers are to use the Maximum Contaminant Level Goal (MCLG) adopted by USEP A. The amended section of the Health and Safety Code, section 116740, is included as Attachment 1. Only constituents which have a California primary drinking water standard and for which either a PHG or MCLG has been established are to be addressed. Attachment 2 is a list of all regulated constituents with MCLs and PHGs or MCLGs. It should be noted that there are a few constituents Water Division June 2004 Page 1 which are routinely detected in water systems at levels usually well below the drinking water standards for which no PHG nor MCLG has been adopted by OEHHA or USEP A. These include Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) among others. A provision ofthe law requires OEHHA to determine the Onumerical public health risk" associated with the MCLs and PHGs. This report provides all of the required information as made available from OEHHA, the state agency charged with providing it to water suppliers. Attachment 3 includes health risk information for the 69 PHGs that had been adopted by OEHHA by March 2004 . PREVIOUS REPORTS The first report responsive to this regulation was prepared in June 1998 and presented to Council in September 1998. Three constituents were addressed in that report in regards to the city's groundwater supply and distribution system: Coliform Bacteria, Trichloroethylene, and Copper. No constituents in the city's supplemental water supply (purchased from the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, MWD) were addressed as no constituents were determined to be at a level that exceeded any PHG or MCLG. The second report responsive to this legislation was prepared in June 2001 and presented to Council in September 2001. The constituents addressed for the city's groundwater supply and distribution system were the same as in the 1998 report: Coliform Bacteria, Trichloroethyelene and Copper. Again, no constituents in the City's supplemental water supply purchased from MWD were addressed as no constituents were determined to be at a level that exceeded any PHG or MCLG. REPORT CONTENT This report covers the constituents that were detected in the city's groundwater and supplemental supplies at levels that exceeded an applicable PHG, or if no PHG has been set by the State, the applicable MCLG set by the USEP A for water quality data collected since the 2001 report. For each of these constituents, this report provides information on the PHG or MCLG, the MCL, the numerical public health risk associated with these numbers, the category of risk to public health associated with each constituent, the Best Available Technology (BAT) that could be used to reduce the constituent level, and an estimate ofthe cost to install that BAT, ifit is appropriate and feasible. Water Quality Data Considered: The water quality data collected in 2001,2002, and 2003 for purposes of determining compliance with drinking water standards was considered. This data is summarized in Santa Monica's Annual Water Quality Reports covering those years, which were mailed to every residential and commercial Water Division June 2004 Page 2 address each May (Attachment No.4). Additionally, special triannual at-the-tap monitoring conducted in 2001 was used for Lead and Copper as this data is used to determine whether the city's system is in compliance with Lead and Copper regulations. Best Available Treatment Technology and Cost Estimates: Both the USEP A and CDHS adopt BATs, which are the best known methods of reducing contaminant levels to the MCL. Costs can be estimated for such technologies. However, since many PHGs and all MCLGs are set much lower than the MCL, it is not always possible, nor feasible to determine what treatment is needed to further reduce a constituent downward to or near the PHG or MCLG, many of which are set at zero. Estimating the costs to reduce a constituent to zero is difficult if not impossible. CONSTITUENTS DETECTED THAT EXCEED A PHG OR A MCLG The following discussion addresses those constituents detected in Santa Monica's groundwater and supplemental supplies or distribution system at levels above the associated PHG or ifno PHG, above the MCLG. Note: MtBE is not included in this list for discussion since the City wells that were contaminated with MtBE were shut down pending construction of a treatment facility and resumption of well pumping. Coliform Bacteria (including Fecal Coliform/E. Coli) The MCL for Coliform Bacteria is 5% positive samples of all samples analyzed per month. Additionally, there is a related MCL for Fecal Coliform/E. Coli that is triggered if either of two consecutive Total Coliform-positive samples is also positive for Fecal ColiformlE. Coli. There is no PHG set for Coliform Bacteria or Fecal Coliform/E. Coli, but the USEP A has set the MCLG at zero. The reason for the Coliform drinking water standard is to minimize the possibility of the water supply containing pathogens. Pathogens are organisms that cause disease. Coliform Bacteria are used as indicator organisms and are not generally considered harmful. Because Coliform is only a surrogate indicator of the potential presence of pathogens, stating a specific numerical health risk is not possible. While USEP A normally sets MCLGs at levels where no known or anticipated adverse effects on persons would occur, they indicate that they cannot do so with for Coliforms. Nevertheless, without the ability to determine a specific numerical risk, the MCLG has been set at zero for Coliform Bacteria. In Santa Monica, samples for Coliform testing are collected at approximately 100 sites around the city. Eighty-five ofthese sites currently consist oftaps, typically a hose bibb, on private residences Water Division June 2004 Page 3 or businesses. Many of these taps are exposed to the environment and while they provide a satisfactory sample point most of the time, occasionally the tap itself may become exposed to bacteria from the environment, e.g., overgrown plants, pets and humans. When samples are drawn from these exposed taps, they occasionally test positive for Coliform Bacteria. This may occur a few times over the year or in some years, not at all. For each of the years covered in this report, the total number of samples taken at these distribution sample sites per year was approximately 1550. For 2001, a total of three samples tested positive for Total Coliform with a maximum monthly percentage of 0.8%. For 2002, there was one sample that tested positive for Total Coliform with a monthly percentage of 0.7%. In 2003, there were three samples in two different months that tested positive with a maximum monthly percentage of 1.4%. In all cases, the monthly percentage of positives was well below the MCL of5%, but greater than the MCLGofzero. In all cases, the water supply to the location did not appear compromised in any way (normal chlorine residual, appearance, and odor) and repeat samples taken were found to be negative. Additionally, the water leaving the treatment plant was tested every week and was always found to be free from Coliform Bacteria. Therefore, it is reasonable to conclude that the bacteria may have been picked up from the tap itself and not in the water supply to the tap. Strict reporting guidelines do not allow these samples to be disregarded and resampled, so the results are reported as if the bacteria were present in the water supply to that location. In an effort to reduce these occasional positive results, the Water Division has initiated a program to prioritize the sites and install more dedicated sampling stations. The dedicated samplers are enclosed in a lockable box and are protected from the environment. Since the 2001 report, a total of seven new boxes have been installed with plans to complete several more in conjunction with the Water Division's main line replacement program. The Water Division already maintains an effective cross-connection control program, a disinfectant residual throughout the system, an effective monitoring and surveillance program, and positive pressure in all parts of the distribution system. The Water Division has already taken all of the steps described by the California Department of Health Services as "best available technology" for Coliform Bacteria in Section 6447, Title 22, CCR. Since it is unlikely that any change to the treatment process at the Arcadia Water Treatment Plant would prevent the occasional positive test result at the distribution sampling sites, staff recommends no change to the existing treatment. Trichloroethylene (TCE) A PHG of 0.8 ug/l for Trichloroethylene (TCE) was adopted by OEHHA in 1999. The level of Trichloroethylene in the city's groundwater and supplemental supplies was below the MCL of 5 ug/l at all times during 2001, 2002 and 2003. The category of health risk associated with TCE is carcinogenicity. OEHHA has determined that the theoretical 70-year lifetime numerical health risk associated with drinking water containing TCE above the PHG to be one excess cancer case per Water Division June 2004 Page 4 million (1 x 10-6) population and six excess cancer cases per million (6 x 10-6) population for drinking water containing TCE above the MCL. Trichloroethylene is a manmade solvent used since the 40's and 50's as a degreaser, parts cleaner, and in dry cleaning, among other applications. In the last two decades, TCE has shown up increasingly in groundwater supplies in Southern California and elsewhere. TCE was discovered at low levels in several of the city's wells located along or near Olympic Boulevard in 1980. Initially the TCE from the Olympic Wells was diluted in the mixture with other, uncontaminated wells. As the TCE levels increased over time, several wells had to be turned offuntil treatment to remove the TCE could be installed. In 1992, the Water Division completed an expansion and upgrade to the Arcadia Water Treatment Plant that included mechanical aeration to remove TCE in the combined well flow to a level below the MCL of5 ugll. The contaminated Olympic Wells were placed back in service and were blended and treated with the other wells until 1996 when several of the other wells were shut down due to MTBE contamination. For 2001, the average level of TCE entering the treatment plant was 17.1 ugll and the average leaving the plant was 1.6 ugll for an average 91 % removal efficiency. For 2002, the average level of TCE entering the treatment plant was 14.9 ugll and the average leaving the plant was 1.0 ugll for an average 93% removal efficiency. For the period of6/6/02 to 8/14/02, neither ofthe Olympic Wells were in service, so for that period, TCE was not detected entering nor exiting the treatment plant. For 2003, the Olympic Wells were pumped only from 1/1/03 to 2/17/03 with an average level of TCE entering the treatment plant of 18.8 ugll and the average leaving the plant was 1.1 ugll for an average 94% removal efficiency. The maximum level ofTCE leaving the plant at any time during the three-year period was a level 3.1 ugll in August 2001. Additionally, most of the water leaving the treatment plant is blended again with the water purchased from the Metropolitan Water District. It should be noted that the influent groundwater from the Olympic Wells treated by the Arcadia plant has been blended with supplemental water before entering the treatment plant since the 1996 closure of the Arcadia and Charnock Wells. For 2001, the average blend to the treatment plant was 50% groundwater, 50% supplemental water. In 2002, the average blend was 45% groundwater, 55% supplemental water. For 2003, the average blend was 25% groundwater, 75% supplemental water. Increasing the blend with supplemental water reduces the concentration ofTCE entering the plant, but also results in a reduction of removal efficiency. The blending is required operationally because ofthe reduced flow available to the treatment plant and also to lower the Hardness and Nitrate levels of the water produced from the Olympic Wells alone. The increased percentage of supplemental water in 2002 was due to the unavailability of the Olympic Wells. It should also be noted that the Arcadia Wells were returned to service in May 2003, but their relative contribution to the total flow is small. The BAT for TCE to lower the level below the MCL is either adsorption using liquid phase Granular Activated Carbon (GAC) or air stripping using Packed Tower Aeration (PAT). Air stripping is a phase transfer process, whereby TCE is removed from water and transferred to an air stream. The Water Division June 2004 Page 5 effectiveness of air stripping to remove TCE from water depends on the physical design of the air stripping technology. The relatively high volatility ofTCE allows for a high mass transfer between the water and air while minimizing operating costs. The most common mass transfer design for air stripping is the use of randomly packed towers. In a randomly packed tower, contaminated water flows by gravity through the inside of a circular or rectangular column, which is filled with randomly packed material. Air is introduced into the tower below the packed bed and flows upward through the column countercurrent to the flow of water. The air is then drawn out ofthe top ofthe column. The packing material is designed to maximize available area for contact between the contaminated water and the process air, thereby providing the necessary transfer surface for volatile contaminants to move from the liquid to the gas phase. Adsorption is a separation technology in which pollutants partition from a bulk phase onto a solid phase, due to the attractive forces ofthe surface chemical groups. Adsorption offers the advantage of just about 100% removal of TCE, but operating costs can be high if frequent regeneration of the GAC is required. The granular activated carbon is created by grinding, roasting, and then activating carbonaceous source materials with high temperature steam. This process results in porous materials that have a very high surface area. Intermolecular attraction between molecules of the dissolved TCE and the activated carbon surfaces results in adsorptive forces, which bind the TCE to the carbon as water passes through the carbon. Since the TCE leaving the treatment plant is already well below the MCL, GAC would be the BAT required to lower the TCE level to zero. The estimated cost to install such a treatment system on the effluent from the existing treatment plant to reliably reduce the TCE level to zero would be approximately $3.5 million dollars for initial construction cost or about $215 per service connection. Additional 0 & M cost of$710,000 per year, or about $43 per year per service connection Lead and Copper There is no MCL for Lead or Copper. Instead, every three years a set of special samples is collected by the Water Division and the results are evaluated to determine what action if any is necessary to achieve "optimized corrosion control" of the water supply. The samples collected are first-draw at the tap of thirty or more homes identified as high-risk (had new plumbing installed with lead solder before the first study period) for plumbing materials leaching into tap water. The results of the last set of data collected in 2001 were evaluated and the city's supply as a whole was found to have "optimized corrosion control" and no further action was necessary. However, the 90th percentile value (meaning 90% of the samples were lower) for Lead was 0.0032 mg/l and for Copper it was 0.19 mg/l. This is well below the Action Levels of 0.005 mg/l for Lead and 1.3 mg/l for Copper, but just above the PHGs of 0.002 mg/l for Lead and 0.17 mg/l for Copper. Although samples collected throughout the distribution system in 2001 and subsequent years indicate there is no Lead or Copper in the city's source waters, this report will use the 90th percentile values to determine applicability. Water Division June 2004 Page 6 Using compliance data only provides the most conservative interpretation of the requirements for this report There are two categories of health risk for Lead, chronic toxicity (neurobehavioral effects in children, hypertension in adults) and carcinogenicity. The category of health risk for Copper is acute toxicity (gastrointestinal effects in children). OEHHA has determined that the numerical cancer risk was "Not Applicable" for both Lead and Copper (see Attachment 3). As stated previously, the city's water system has been found to have "optimized corrosion control" since 1992 when the Lead & Copper regulations were first promulgated. In general, optimizing corrosion control is considered to be the "best available technology" to address corrosion issues and any Lead or Copper findings. The Water Division will continue to monitor the water quality parameters that relate to corrosivity, such as the pH, hardness, alkalinity, total dissolved solids, and will take action, if necessary, to maintain our system in an "optimized corrosion control" condition. Since the city's water supply continues to meet the "optimized corrosion control" requirements, it is not prudent to initiate additional corrosion control treatment until such time as changing conditions might warrant further action. Further corrosion control treatment would involve the addition of other chemicals, which could raise different water quality issues. Therefore, no estimate of cost has been included in this report and no recommendations for further action are advised. Uranium A PHG of 0.43 pCi/1 for Uranium was adopted by OEHHA in August 2001. The level of Uranium in the city's groundwater and supplemental supplies was below the state MCL of20 pCi/1 at all times during 2001,2002, and 2003. The category for health risk associated with Uranium is carcinogenicity. OEHHA has determined that the theoretical 70-year lifetime numerical health risk associated with drinking water containing Uranium above the PHG to be one excess cancer case per million (1 x 10-6) population and five excess cancer cases per 100,000 (5 x 10-5) population for drinking water containing Uranium above the state MCL. Uranium is a naturally occurring radioactive element (radionuclide) that is ubiquitous in the earth's crust. Uranium is found in ground and surface waters due to its natural occurrence in geological formations. The average Uranium concentrations in surface, ground, and domestic water are 1,3, and 2 pCi/L, respectively. The Uranium intake from water is about equal to the total from other dietary components. For 2001, the range of Uranium levels in the city's groundwater supply ranged between 1.0 pCi/1 and 5.7 pCi/1 with an average of 4.2 pCi/l. For 2002, the range of Uranium levels in the city's groundwater supply was between 0.9 pCi/1 and 4.0 pCi/1 with an average of3.4 pCi/l. For 2003, the range was between "None Detected" and 3.7 pC ill with an average of2.2 pCi/l. It should be noted that the while the supplier of our supplemental water supply, MWD, found some detections Water Division June 2004 Page 7 of Uranium for monitoring conducted between 2001 and 2003, the average is used for compliance determinations and was "None Detected". The BAT for Uranium to lower the level below the MCL is any of the following: Enhanced Coagulation followed by Filtration, Lime Softening, Ion Exchange and Reverse Osmosis. The first technique, Enhanced Coagulation followed by Filtration is a technology that is applicable only to surface waters and so, cannot be considered as a treatment option for the city's ground water supply. Lime Softening cannot be considered as the city already has facilities that are designed to utilize Cation Exchange for softening purposes. The third technique listed, Ion Exchange, is also not feasible as the city's softening facility employs a cation exchange technique, which is not compatible with that technology. Ion Exchange for Uranium reduction requires the use of Anion exchange resins, whereas the city's existing facility utilizes a Cation Exchange technique. Only the technique of Reverse Osmosis could possibly be employed in the treatment of the city's ground water supply, but again, it is unclear whether treatment to below the PHG for Uraniun would be feasible, as BAT s are designated for treatment to achieve compliance with the corresponding MCL only, and not PHGs. Likewise, it should be noted that cost estimates are developed for treatment to the MCL and not to the lower PHG level. Nevertheless, as estimated cost to install such a Reverse Osmosis treatment system would be approximately $1.28 per 1000 gallons treated, which includes annualized capital and O&M costs. Based on 2003 flow rates and estimated costs, this would be in the range of $1.3 million per year, or about $76 per service connection per year. This assumes that a feasible method of disposing of the waste stream could be located, which may not be the case. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHER ACTION: The drinking water quality of the City of Santa Monica meets all State of California and USEP A drinking water standards set to protect public health. To further reduce the levels of the constituents identified in this report that are already significantly below the health-based Maximum Contaminant Levels established to provide "safe drinking water", additional costly treatment processes would be required. The effectiveness of the treatment processes to provide any significant reductions in constituent levels at these already low values is uncertain. The health protection benefits of these further hypothetical reductions are not at all clear and may not be quantifiable. Therefore, no action is proposed. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Chromium Water Division June 2004 Page 8 A PHG for Total Chromium (the sum of Chromium III and Chromium VI) of2.5 ug/l was adopted by OEHHA in 1999, but was withdrawn in November 2001. OEHHA intends to develop a specific PHG for Chromium VI instead. Regardless, no exceedance of the originally adopted PHG has occurred for Santa Monica's groundwater and supplemental water supplies and Chromium is not a requirement for this report. Other Radionuc1ides USEP A's updated standards for radionuclides took effect on December 8, 2003. Covered in the new standards are (non-radon) radionuclides including: Alpha emitters, Beta/photon emitters, Combined Radium as well as a new federal standard for Uranium. In addition to the new standards, USEP A has designated an MCLG of zero for each. The groundwater and supplemental water supplies for Santa Monica will meet these new standards when implemented, but it is anticipated that the MCLGs of zero will be exceeded. The next PHG report due in 2007 will likely need to address other Radionuclides besides Uranium. 1.4- Dioxane No MCL, MCLG, or PHG exists for l,4-Dioxane, but CDHS has set an Action Level (AL) of3 ug/l in drinking water. As reported to council in 2002, the Olympic Wells were found to have 1,4- Dioxane above the AL in 2002. The city was advised by CDHS that it was acceptable to continue the use of these wells as long as the level remained less than 100 times the AL. Perchlorate A PHG of6 ug/l for Perchlorate was adopted in March 2004. The timeframe covered in this report predates this PHG and so, was not considered for inclusion. However, it is well known that that the Colorado River, a major source for the city's supplemental water supplier, MWD, has been contaminated with Perchlorate from a site in Henderson, Nevada. MWD began voluntary monitoring of that supply in 1997 and has at times, found levels ranging up to 9 ug/l. However, immediate mitigation efforts have resulted in lower Perchlorate levels in the Colorado River and Perchlorate was last detectable exiting MWD's Weymouth plant in 2001. The maximum level detected there in 2001 was 5 ug/l. Furthermore, the city has received little water from this plant for the last several years, so it is not likely that any exceedances ofthe newly adopted PHG occurred during the time period covered in this report. It is not anticipated that Perchlorate will be included in the next PHG report due in 2007. Water Division June 2004 Page 9 ATTACHMENTS: No.1 Excerpt from Calif. Health & Safety Code: Section 116470 (b) No.2 List of Regulated Constituents with MCLs, PHGs or MCLGs No.3 Numerical Health Risk Information No.4 Tables excerpted from Annual Water Quality Reports for 2001,2002 and 2003 Water Division June 2004 Page 10 Attachment 1 Health & Safety Code Section 116470 (b) On or before July 1, 1998, and every three years thereafter, public water systems serving more than 10,000 service connections that detect one or more contaminants in drinking water that exceed the applicable public health goal, shall prepare a brief written report in plain language that does all of the following: (1) Identifies each contaminant detected in drinking water that exceeds the applicable public health goal. (2) Discloses the numerical public health risk, determined by the office, associated with the maximum contaminant level for each contaminant identified in paragraph (1) and the numerical public health risk determined by the office associated with the public health goal for that contaminant. (3) Identifies the category of risk to public health, including, but not limited to, carcinogenic, mutagenic, teratogenic, and acute toxicity, associated with exposure to the contaminant in drinking water, and includes a brief plainly worded description of these terms. (4) Describes the best available technology, if any is then available on a commercial basis, to remove the contaminant or reduce the concentration of the contaminant. The public water system may, solely at its own discretion, briefly describe actions that have been taken on its own, or by other entities, to prevent the introduction of the contaminant into drinking water supplies. (5) Estimates the aggregate cost and the cost per customer of utilizing the technology described in paragraph (4), if any, to reduce the concentration of that contaminant in drinking water to a level at or below the public health goal. (6) Briefly describes what action, if any, the local water purveyor intends to take to reduce the concentration of the contaminant in public drinking water supplies and the basis for that decision. (c) Public water systems required to prepare a report pursuant to subdivision (b) shall hold a public hearing for the purpose of accepting and respondi9g to public comment on the report. Public water systems may hold the public hearing as part of any regularly scheduled meeting. (d) The department shall not require a public water system to take any action to reduce or eliminate any exceedance of a public health goal. (e) Enforcement of this section does not require the department to amend a public water system's operating permit. (f) Pending adoption of a public health goal by the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessmenti>ursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 116365. and in lieu thereof, public water systems shall use the national maximum contaminant level goal adopted by the United States Environmental Protection Agency for the corresponding contaminant for purposes of complying with the notice and hearing requirements of this section. (g) This section is intended to provide an alternative form for the federally required consumer confidence report as authorized by 42 V.S.C. Section 300g-3(c). CALIFORNIA MCls AND PHGs AND FEDERAL MClGs Attachment 2 PARAMETERSI CONSTITUENTS Units STATE MCL OLR PHG or (MCLG) INORGANICS ma 1 ~ I' --.....-......-...... I' -..".....-.. mg 0.006 mg 0.05 none I' --.--......--- I' ---. -- fibersll 7 minion .{?m!~} 1- -.....-....... ,........ "A"'""<':<""$.l~", >W.c,""">>>>...,.,.".....,_. '."~~ mo 1 0.1 2 ~_. - ,...--... mg. 0.004 0.001 0.0001 -. .....-...... mg. ~ 0.001 0.??oo7 CHROMIUM mo 0.D1 (100) COPPER (at-the-taD;9athoecr;ent;Jel. ".,...".""-",,,~,.,-.:,,, mg. AL=1.3 0.05 0.17 CYANIDE :4: 0.15 0.1 0.15 ---. ..- 1.4-2.4 0.1 1 LEAD (at-the-tao; 9Oth.oercentilel AJ..;i:();015 0.005 MERCURY II1Q/I.. 0.002 0.001 NICKEL I rJQII. 0.1 0.01 0.01:2 NITRATE [as Nl 10 0.4- 10 I'" .. _....... - -..1- ...,...--'t 45 2 45 ..........-.. uK 1 0.4 1 SELENIUM 0.05 0.005 CO.05l ITHAlUUM mgJt 0.002 0.001 0.0001 ORGANICS ACRY.L.AMlPE . .' IT IT (0) AlACHLOR ma 0.002 0.001 0.004 ATRAZlNE I'M 0.001 0.001 0.00015 BENTAZON mg 0.018 0.002 0.2 - ..- ma 0.001 0.0005 0.00015 BENZO Ca) PYRENE ma 0.0002 0.0001 0.000004 BROMATE mg 0.01 0.0050 (0) CARBOFURAN Il1Q 0.018 0.005 0.0017 ,-- ----.... -. .. - '.-..._-_._-- roo 0 0.0005 0.0001 1-' .--. .-. _...-- mg/I.. 0 0.0001 0.00003 .........--..--..- '" /1lQJ , 1 0.02 . (0.8l CHlOROETHENE.IVJNYlCHLORIDEl lTIlJJ 0.0005 0.0005 0.00005 CIS-1 2-D1CHLOROETHYLENE /1lQJ 0.000 0.0005 (0.07) 2,4-0 J1'lQ/l. 0.07 0.01 0.07 DAlAPON trig ~.~ 0.79 DIBROMOCHLOROPROPANE rDBCP] 0.0??oo17 1.2-DICHLOROBENZENE rORTHOl 0.0005 0.6 1 ,4-DICHLOROBENZENE rPARAl . 0.0005 0.006 1,1-DICHLOROETHANE 1.1-DCA 0.005............ .. .......11= 0.003 1 2-DICHLOROETHANE 1 2-DCA r . . 0.0005 O. 0.0004 1,1-DICHLOROETHENE 1,1-DCE Jl'li: 0.0060 0.01 DICHLOROMETHANE~.=,"""",~. m~ 0.005 0.0005 0.004 1,2-DICHLOROPROPANE m~ 0.005 0.0005 0.0005 1,3-DICHLOROPROPENE .'mg/ 0.0005 O;OOOS 0.0002 01 (2-ETHYUfEXYUADIPATE ,'.'1ll,."""""'"~';,'~",i:-~'.""'';.''- m .... 0:'. 0.005 0.2 01 (2-ETHYLHEXYUPHTHALATE "",~';"";';"".;,,-,-.,.,,", In! 0.004 0.003 0.012 DINOSEB .... m 0.001 0.002 0.014 DIOXIN [2,3,7,8 - TCDD] m IL .~10' 5X1O' (0) D1aUAT ma 'l.. 0.02 0.004 0.015 ENDOTHALl mg 't.. 0.1 0.045 0.58 I--_n... J1'lQ/l. 0.002 0.0001 0.0018 1-' .-_... .--.....-..,-...... TT (0) IEii-iYlENEDiiiROMIOE.'IEOBl mall.' 0.3 0.0005 0.3 mgIL 0.00005 0.00002 0.??oo1 CALIFORNIA MCLs AND PHGs AND FEDERAL MCLGs PARAMETERSI STATE PHG CONSTITUENTS UnitS Mel DLR or (MClG) ALPHA ACTIVITY GROSS BETA ACTIVITY, GROSS RADIUM 226 & 228 TOTAL STRONTIUM 90 TRITIUM IJRA MCL:: Maximum Contaminant Level PHG = Public Health Goal MCLG = Maximum Contaminant Level Goal DlR = Detection limit for Reporting purposes; set by DHS .Surface Water Systems Only IT = Treatment Technique "MClGs established in 2000 but not effective until December 2003. thus not reoortable durinG this timA nArinr Attachment 3 Health Risk Information for Public Health Goal Exceedance Reports March 2004 Under the Calderon-Sher Safe Drinking Water Act of 1996 (the Act), water utilities ate required to prepare a report every three years for contaminants that exceed public health goals (PROs) (Health and Safety Code Section 116470 (2)[b]). The numerical health risk is to be presented with the category of health risk, along with a plainly worded description of these terms. PROs are published by the Office of Environmental Realth Razard Assessment (OEHHA)(Realth and Safety Code Section 116365) as concentrations of contaminants in drinking water that OEHHA, using current risk assessment principles, practices and methods, considers to pose no significant health risk if consumed for a lifetime. This report is prepared by OEHHA to assist the water utilities in meeting their requirements. Numerical health risks. The tables thatfoIlow summarize health risks for chemical contaminants in drinking water that have PROs and state and/or federal regulatory standards. The regulatory standards are maximum contaminant levels (MCLs). The Act also requires that OEHHA publish "PROs" based on health risk assessments using the most current scientific methods. As defined in statute, PROs for noncarcinogenic chemicals in drinking water are set at a concentration "at which no known or anticipated adverse health effects will occur, with an adequate margin of safety." For carcinogens PROs are set at a concentration that "does not pose any significant risk to health." PROs provide one ba.sis for revising MCLs, along with cost and technological feasibility. OEHHA has been publishing PROs as they are completed since 1997 and the entire list published to date is shown in Table 1. The Act requires that for chemical contaminants with California MCLs that do not yet have PROs, water utilities will use the federal maximum contaminant level goal (MCLO) for the purpose of complying with the requirement of public notification. MCLGs, like PROs, are strictly health based and include a margin of safety. One difference, however, is that the MCLGs for carcinogens are set at zero because the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EP A) assumes there is no absolutely safe level of exposure to them. PROs, on the other hand, are set at a level considered to pose no significant risk of cancer; this is usually a no more than one-in-a-million excess cancer risk (1 x 1O~) level for a lifetime of exposure. Chemicals with MCLOs but no PROs are presented in Table 2. The cancer risks shown are based on the T J.s. F.P A's evaluations. Health risk categories. The following information can be used for presenting the health risk . categories in "exceedance reports." The health risks shown in the tables are based on long-term exposures to low levem of contaminants as would occur with drinking water (unless otherwise stated), rather than high doses from a single or short-term exposure. The potential health effects are the most sensitive adverse effects that occur when chemical exposure reaches a sufficient level and duration to produce toxicity. Health goals that protect against these risks also protect against health risks that would occur from short-term exposures. For most health risk categories, the specific health outcome or the organ or system that is affected is also given. The health effects are given in nontechnical terms when possible, and the categories are described below. Acute toxicity - adverse health effects that develop after a short-term exposure to a chemical (minutes to days). Subchronic toxicity - adverse health effects that develop after repeated or longer-term exposures to a chemical (days to months). Carcinogenic - capable of producing cancer. Chronic toxicity - adverse effects that usually develop gradually from low levels of chemical exposure over a long period of time (months to years). Developmental toxicity - adverse effects on the developing organism that may result from exposure prior to conception (either parent), during prenatal development, or postnatally to the time of sexual maturation. Adverse developmental effects may be detected at any point in the life span of the organism. The major manifestations include: (1) death of the developing organism, (2) structural abnormality (birth defects), (3) altered growth, and (4) functional deficiency. Neurotoxic - capable of destroying or adversely affecting the nervous system or interfering with nerve signal transmission. Effects may be reversible (for example, effects on chemicals that carry nerve signals across gaps between nerve cells) or irreversible (for example, destruction of nerve cells). . Reproductive effects - the occurrence of adverse effects on the reproductive system of females or males that may result from exposure to environmental agents. The toxicity may cause changes to the female or male reproductive organs, the regulating endocrine system, or pregnancy outcomes. Examples of such toxicity may include adverse effects on onset of puberty, egg production and transport, menstrual cycle normality, sexual behavior such as sexual urge, lowered fertility, sperm production, length of pregnancy, and milk production. The tables further note whether the health risk category is based on human or animal data. Data on health effects oftoxic substances are usually obtained from studies on laboratory animals. For more information on health risks: The adverse health effects for each chemical with a PHG are summarized in each PHG technical support document. These are available on the OEHHA Web site (http://www.oehha.ca.gov) or may be ordered in print. Please call OEHHA at 5101622-3170 for details. Also. U.S. EPAhas consumer and technical fact sheets on most of the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment Pesticide and Environmental Toxicology Section M~rr.h ?OO<1 Page 2 chemicals having MCLs. For copies of the fact sheets, call the Safe Drinking Water Hotline at 1-800-426-4791, or explore the U.S. EPA Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water's home page at http://www.epa.gov/OGWDWlhfacts.html. Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment Pesticide and Environmental Toxicology Section M~rr.h ?004 Page 3 Table 1: Health Risk Categories and Cancer Risk Values for Chemicals with California Public Health Goals (pHGs) Alachlor Health Risk Category (more specific information in parentheses) carcinogenicity (cancer) chronic toxicity (increased serum aluminum level) (human data) Aluminum Antimony chronic toxicity (shortened lifespan) carcinogenicity (cancer) Asbestos Atrazine carcinogenicity (cancer) Barium chronic toxicity (hypertension) California PRG (mgIL)1 0.004 0.6 NA 0.002 1 0.006 7MFL (fibers >10 microns in length) 0.00] 1 Caneer Risk @ California MCL NA NA NA lxl0-6 7xl0-6 (seven per million) NA I Health risk category based on experimental animal testing data evaluated in the OEHHA PHG technical support document unless otherwise specified. 2 mgfL = milligrams per liter of water or parts per million (ppm) (pHGs are expressed here in milligrams per liter for consistency with the typical unit used for MCLs and MCLGs.) 3 Cancer Risk = theoretical 70-year lifetime excess cancer risk at the statistical upper confidence limit. Actual cancer risk may be lower or zero. Cancer risk is stated in terms of excess cancer cases per million (or fewer) population, e.g., 1 x 10-6 means one excess cancer case per million population; 5 x 10's means five excess cancer cases per 100,000 population. 4 MCL = maximum contaminant level. S Non-linear approach used for alachlor risk assessment, no cancer risk assumed at the PHG level. 6 NA = not applicable. Noncarcinogenic, or a cancer risk cannot be calculated The PHG for these chemicals is set at a level that is believed to be without any significant public health risk to individuals exposed to that chemical over a lifetime. 7 MFL = million fibers per liter. 0.02 NA 7MFL (fibers >10 microns in length) 1 x 10-6 0.000]5 1 X 10-6 (one per million) NA 2 Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment Pesticide and Environmental Toxicology Section March 2004 Page 4 Table 1: Health Risk Categories and Cancer Risk Values for Chemicals with California Public Health Goals (pHGs) Bentazon chronic toxicity 0.2 (clinical, body weight, liver and intestinal effects) Benzene carcinogenicity 0.00015 (leukemia) Benzo[a]pyrene carcinogenicity 0.000004 (cancer) Beryllium chronic toxicity 0.001 (gastrointestinal lesions ) Cadmium chronic toxicity 0.00007 (kidney effects, human data) Carbofuran chronic toxicity 0.0017 (eniyme inhibition, blood chemistry and testis effects) Carbon tetrachloride carcinogenicity 0.0001 (cancer) Chlordane carcinogenicity 0.00003 (cancer) Copper acute toxicity 0.17 (gastrointestinal effects in children, human data) Cyanide chronic toxicitY 0.15 (no clinical and histopathological effects observed) NA 0.018 1 X 10-6 0.001 lxlO-6 0.0002 NA 0.004 NA 0.005 NA 0.018 1 x 1 0-6 0.0005 lxlO-6 0.0001 NA 1.3 (AL)8 NA 0.15 8 AL = action level. 9 Cyanide: Acute toxicity of concern is respiratory arrest. Long-tenn exposure allows for detoxification. Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment Pesticide and Environmental Toxicology Section March 2004 Cancer Risk@ California MCL NA 7 X 10-6 5x 10-5 NA NA NA 5xlO-6 3xlO-6 NA NA Page 5 Table 1: Health Risk Categories and Cancer Risk Values for Chemicals with California Public Health Goals (PHGs) U.UhRi$keat' <":tJFe:'-$ll iJd'd..,.attd...Jij PaJteJJth.~e.) chronic toxicity (kidney effects) carcinogenicity (cancer) Dalapon l,2-Dibromo-3- chloropropane (DBCP) 1,2-Dichloro- benzene (o-DCB) l,4-Dichloro- benzene (P-DCB) l,l-Dichloroethane (l,l-DCA) 1,2-Dichloroethane (l,2-DCA) l,l-Dichloro- ethylene (l,I-DCE) Dichloromethane (methylene chloride) 2,4-Dichloro- phenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) l,2-Dichloro- propane (propylene dichloride) 1,3-Dichloro- propene (felone ll@) Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate (DEHA) DiethylhexyI- . phthalate (DEaP) 0.79 0.0000017 chronic toxicity (liver effects) carcinogenicity (cancer) carcinogenicity (cancer) carcinogenicity (cancer) chronic toxicity (liver effects) 0.6 0.006 0.003 0.0004 0.01 carcinogenicity (cancer) chronic toxicity (liver and kidney effects) 0.004 0.07 carcinogenicity (cancer) 0.0005 carcinogenicity (cancer) 0.0002 developmental toxicity (disrupted development) carcinogenicity (cancer) 0.2 0.012 Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment Pesticide and Environmental Toxicology Section March 2004 NA 1 x 10-6 NA lxlO-6 Ix 10-6 IxlO-6 NA 1 x 10-6 NA lxlO-6 Ix 10-6 NA lxlO-6 0.2 NA 0.0002 1 X 10-4 0.6 NA 0.005 8x 1O-? 0.005 2x10-6 0.0005 lxlO-6 0.006 NA 0.005 lxlO-6 0.07 NA 0.005 1 x 1 0.5 0.0005 2x 10-6 0.4 NA 0.004 3xlO-? Page 6 Table 1: Health Risk Categories and Cancer Risk Values for Chemicals with California Public Health Goals (pHGs) Dinoseb Diquat Endothall Endrin Ethylbenzene (phenyleiliane) Ethylene dibromide Fluoride Glyphosate Heptachlor Heptachlor epoxide Hexachlorobenzene Hexachlorocyclo- pentadiene (HEX) C~ljfqrnj~ . PUG (mgIL)l, '.!J:.~flt~~i~~t~qfY (I:q9~!$Jl~ifie . "(9~.~9nbt P.~t"es~) reproductive toxicity 0.014 (uterus and testis effects) chronic toxicity 0.015 (eye effects) and developmental toxicity (malformation) chronic toxicity (stomach 0.58 effects) chronic toxicity 0.0018 (liver effects) and neurotoxicity (convulsions) chronic toxicity 0.3 (liver effects) carcinogenicity 0.0000 I (cancer) chronic toxicity 1 (tooth mottling, human data) chronic toxicity 1 (kidney effects) carcinogenicity 0.000008 (cancer) carcinogenicity 0.000006 (cancer) carcinogenicity 0.00003 (cancer) chronic toxicity 0.05 (stomach lesions) Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment Pesticide and Environmental Toxicology Section March 2004 NA NA NA NA NA 1x10-6 NA NA Ix 10-6 1x10-6 Ix10-6 NA 0.007 NA 0.02 NA 0.1 NA 0.002 NA 0.3 NA 0.00005 5xl0-6 2 NA 0.7 NA 0.00001 lx10-6 0.00001 2x10-6 0.001 3xlO-S 0.05 NA Page 7 Table 1: Health Risk Categories and Cancer Risk Values for Chemicals with California Public Health Goals (pHGs) Lead chronic toxicity 0.002 NA 0.015 NA (neurobehavioral effects (AL) in children, hypertension in adults) and carcinogenicity (cancer) Lindane carcinogenicity 0.000032 1 x 10-6 0.0002 6x 10-6 (y-BHC) (cancer) Monocblorobenzene subchronic toxicity 0.2 NA 0.07 NA ( chlorobenzene) (liver damage) Mercury (inorganic) chronic toxicity 0.0012 NA 0.002 NA (kidney effects) Methoxychlor reproductive toxicity 0.03 NA 0.03 NA (vagina, ovary, uterus and hormonal effects) Methyl tertiary-butyl carcinogenicity 0.013 1x10-6 0.013 1x10-6 ether (MTBE) (cancer) Nickel developmental toxicity 0.012 NA 0.1 NA (increased neonatal deaths) Nitrate acute toxicity 10 as NA 45 as N03 NA (methemoglobinemia, nitrate- human data) nitrogen Nitrite acute toxicity I as nitrite- NA las NA (methemoglobinemia, nitrogen nitrite- human data) nitrogen Nitrate and Nitrite acute toxicity 10 as NA 10 as NA (methemoglobinemia, nitrogen nitrogen human data) Oxamyl chronic toxicity 0.05 NA 0.05 NA (body weight effects) Pentachlorophenol carcinogenicity 0.0004 IxlO-6 0.001 3 x 10-6 (PCP) (cancer) Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment Page 8 Pesticide and Environmental Toxicology Section March 2004 Table 1: Health Risk Categories and Cancer Risk Values for Chemicals with California Public Health Goals (PHGs) Picloram Silvex (2,4,5- TP) Simazine 1,1,2,2- Tetrachloroethane Tetrachloroethylene (perchloroethylene, or PCE) Thalliwn Thiobencarb Toluene (methylbenzene) Toxaphene 1,2,4- Trichloro- benzene (Unsym- TCB) 1,1,2- Trichloro- ethylene (TCE) Trichlorofluoro- methane (Freon 11) 1,1~-Trichloro- 1,2,2-trifluoro- ethane (Freon 113) chronic toxicity (liver effects) chronic toxicity (liver effects) chronic toxicity (reduced body weight) carcinogenicity (cancer) carcinogenicity (cancer) subchronic toxicity (hair loss) chronic toxicity (body weight, food efficiency and enzyme activity effects) chronic toxicity (liver and thymus effects) carcinogenicity (cancer) chronic toxicity (effects on adrenal glands) carcinogenicity (cancer) chronic toxicity (liver effects) chronic toxicity (liver effects) 0.5 0.025 0.004 0.0001 0.00006 0.0001 0.07 0.15 0.00003 0.005 0.0008 0.7 4 Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment Pesticide and Environmental Toxicology Section March 2004 NA NA NA lxlO-6 lxlO-6 NA NA NA lxl0-6 NA lxl0-6 NA NA . Calitorni .. a MCL4 . (mgIL) 0.5 0.05 0.004 0.001 0.005 0.002 0.07 0.15 0.003 0.005 0.005 0.15 1.2 Cancer Risk @ California MCL NA NA NA 1 x 10.5 8x 10.5 NA NA NA 1 X 10-4 NA 6xl0-6 NA NA Page 9 Table 1: Health Risk Categories and Cancer Risk Values for Chemicals with California Public Health Goals (pHGs) Uranium carcinogenicity 0.43pCi/L 1 x 10-6 20pCi/L 5xlO.5 (cancer) Vinyl chloride carcinogenicity 0.00005 lxlO-6 0.0005 1 x 1 0-5 (cancer) Xylenes neurotoxicity 1.8 NA 1.75 NA (effects on senses. mood (single (single and motor control, isomer or isomer or human data) sum of sum of isomers) isomers) Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment Pesticide and Environmental Toxicology Section March 2004 Page 10 Table 2: Health Risk Categories and Cancer Risk Values for Chemicals without California Public Health Goals " Health RiskCategory (more specific information in parentheses) Arsenic carcinogenicity (cancer, hwnan data) chronic toxicity (stomach, liver effects), immunotoxicity (allergic dermatitis) chronic toxicity (liver and kidney effects) chronic toxicity (blood chemistry and liver effects) carcinogenicity (cancer) reproductive effects reproductive effects (decreased nwnber of offspring) carcinogenicity (cancer) subchronic toxicity (thyroid and reproductive effects) o Chromiwn 0.1 1,2.Dichloro- ethylene (cis) 1,2-Dichloro- ethylene (trans) 0.07 0.1 Dioxin (2,3,7,8-1rCDD) o Molinate none Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) Perchlorate o none o NA NA NA o NA o NA California MCL4 (mgIL) 0.05 0.05 0.006 0.01 0.00000003 0.02 0.0005 0.004 (AL) 1-2xlO-2 NA NA NA 1 X 10-5 NA lxl0"" NA I Health risk category based on experimental animaltesting data evaluated in the U.S. EP A MCLG document or California MCL document unless othelWise specified. 2 MCLG = maximum contaminant level goal established by U.S. EPA. 3 Cancer Risk = theoretical 70-year lifetime excess cancer risk at the statistical confidence limit. Actual cancer risk may be lower or zero. Cancer risk is stated in tenns of excess cancer cases per million (or fewer) population, e.g., lxlO-6 means one excess cancer case per million population; 5x1O-smeans five excess cancer cases per 100,000 population. 4 California MCL = maximum contaminant level established by California. Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment Pesticide and Environmental Toxicology Section March 2004 Page 11 Table 2: Health Risk Categories and Cancer Risk Values for Chemicals without California Public Health Goals Selenium ..~..."'~I.J:J.R...ftC.tegotY. (ln9,,~~~~ifie . bJ.(o~JlJi()nin . . ... t>~reJl*l1~~$) chronic toxicity (hair and nail changes, skin lesions, blood effects; human data) and neurotoxicity chronic toxicity (liver, kidney and blood effects) reproductive toxicity (decreased number of offspring), chronic toxicity (liver and blood effects) and neurotoxicity chronic toxicity (liver and kidney effects) and immunotoxicity 0.05 NA 0.05 NA Styrene (vinylbenzene) 0.1 NA 0.1 NA l,l,l-Trichloro- ethane (l,l,l-TCA) 0.2 NA 0.2 NA 1,1,2- Trichloro- ethane (1,1,2-TCA) 0.003 NA 0.005 NA Disinfection byproducts (DBPS) bromate carcinogenicity 0 0 none NA (cancer) chloramines acute toxicity (irritation) 45 NA none NA and chronic toxicity (stomach effects, anemia) chlorine acute toxicity (irritation) 45 NA none NA and chronic toxicity (stomach effects) chlorine dioxide chronic toxicity (anemia) 0.85 NA none NA and neurotoxicity (infants and young children, human data) .. ............. ..---.---........---.... 5 Maximwn Residual Disinfectant Level Goal, or MIIDLG Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment Pesticide and Environmental Toxicology Section March 2004 Page 12 Table 2: Health Risk Categories and Cancer Risk Values for Chemicals without California Public Health Goals chlorite .. . Health Risk Categoryl . (more spedfie information in parentheses) chronic toxicity (anemia) and neurotoxicity (infants and children, human data) 0.8 NA none Cancer Wsk@ California MCL NA Disinfection b roducts: haloacetic acids chloroacetic acid NA none NA none NA dichloroaeetic acid carcinogenicity 0 0 none NA (cancer) trichloroacetic acid developmental toxicity 0.3 0 none NA (nervous system effects) bromoacetic acid NA none NA none NA dibromoacetic acid NA none NA none NA total haloacetic carcinogenicity none NA none NA acids (cancer) Disinfection byproduets: trihalomethanes (THMS) bromodichloro- carcinogenicity 0 0 none NA methane (BDCM) (cancer) bromoform carcinogenicity 0 0 none NA (cancer) chloroform carcinogenicity none NA none NA (cancer) dibromo- chronic toxicity 0.06 NA none NA chloromethane (liver and kidney effects) (DBCM) and neurotoxicity Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment Pesticide and Environmental Toxicology Section March 2004 Page 13 Table 2: Health Risk Categories and Cancer Risk Values for Chemicals without California Public Health Goals California MCL4 (mgIL) total (sum of BDCM, bromoform, chloroform and DBCM) " Health Ris (more ~p , informati parenth~e8) carcinogenicity (cancer), chronic toxicity (liver and kidney effects), and neurotoxicity Radionuclides6 gross alpha particles carcinogenicity (cancer) beta particles and photon emitters carcinogenicity (cancer) radium 226 and 228 (combined) carcinogenicity (cancer) none NA 0.1 o (as of 12/08/2003) e1Opo included) 15 pCile (includes 226Ra but not radon and uranium) 50pCiIL o o (as of 12/08/2003) e10Pb included) o o (as of 12/08/2003) 5pCiIL o strontium 90 carcinogenicity none NA 8 pCiIL (cancer) tritium carcinogenicity none NA 20,000 (cancer) pCiIL 7 pCi/L = picocuries per liter of water. 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