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W A T E R E N E R C, I - RIVERSIDE PUBLIC UTILITIES W& Board Memorandum PUBLIC UTILITIES BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES DATE: JULY 11, 2016 ITEM NO: 3 SUBJECT: PUBLIC HEARING -2016 PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM REPORT ON PUBLIC HEALTH GOALS (CALIFORNIA HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE SECTION 116470 (c)) ISSUE: The issue for Board of Public Utilities consideration is to conduct a public hearing to review the public water system report on Public Health Goals as required under California Health and Safety Code Section 116470(c). RECOMMENDATION: That the Board of Public Utilities conduct a public hearing for review of the public water system report on Public Health Goals, accept, and respond to any comments on the report. BACKGROUND: California Health and Safety Code section 116470 (b) requires that every three years, 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.