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The California Safe Drinking Water Act of 1996 (SB1307 Calderon-Sher), requires the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) to adopt Public Health Goals for contaminants in drinking water. Public Health Goals are to be based exclusively on public health considerations, using the most current principles, practices, and methods of risk assessment. Public Health Goals are intended to provide estimates of the levels of chemical contaminants in drinking water that would pose no significant risk to individuals, including the most sensitive subpopulations, consuming the water day in and day out, over an entire lifetime.

These documents are available for download as Adobe Acrobat PDF files.

The summary for each document is available for on-screen viewing.

Note
For your information, OEHHA is providing a table comparing the December 1997, California PHGs to the California MCLs (Maximum Contaminant Levels) and Federal MCLs and MCLGs (Maximum Contaminant Level Goals).

Follow this link to view the table
Follow this link to download the table

Follow this link to download the Final Public Health Goal for Antimony.
Follow this link to view the summary for Antimony

Follow this link to download the Final Public Health Goal for Alachlor
Follow this link to view the summary for Alachlor

Follow this link to download the Final Public Health Goal for Benzo(a)pyrene
Follow this link to view the title page, preface, table of contents, and summary for Benzo(a)pyrene

Follow this link to download the Final Public Health Goal for Chlordane
Follow this link to view the summary for Chlordane

Follow this link to download the Final Public Health Goal for Copper
Follow this link to view the summary for Copper

Follow this link to download the Final Public Health Goal for Cyanide
Follow this link to view the summary for Cyanide

Follow this link to download the Final Public Health Goal for Dalapon
Follow this link to view the summary for Dalapon

Follow this link to download the Final Public Health Goal for DEHP
Follow this link to view the summary for DEHP

Follow this link to download the Final Public Health Goal for Dinoseb
Follow this link to view the summary for Dinoseb

Follow this link to download the Final Public Health Goal for Endothall
Follow this link to view the summary for Endothall

Follow this link to download the Final Public Health Goal for Ethylbenzene
Follow this link to view the summary for Ethylbenzene

Follow this link to download the Final Public Health Goal for FC-11
Follow this link to view the summary for FC-11

Follow this link to download the Final Public Health Goal for FC-113
Follow this link to view the summary for FC-113

Follow this link to download the Final Public Health Goal for Fluoride
Follow this link to view the summary for Fluoride

Follow this link to download the Final Public Health Goal for Glyphosate
Follow this link to view the summary for Glyphosate

Follow this link to download the Final Public Health Goal for Lead
Follow this link to view the summary for Lead

Follow this link to download the Final Public Health Goals for Nitrate and Nitrite
Follow this link to view the summary for Nitrate and Nitrite

Follow this link to download the Final Public Health Goal for Oxamyl
Follow this link to view the summary for Oxamyl

Follow this link to download the Final Public Health Goal for Pentachlorophenol
Follow this link to view the summary for Pentachlorophenol

Follow this link to download the Final Public Health Goal for Picloram
Follow this link to view the summary for Picloram

Follow this link to download the Final Public Health Goal for Uranium
Follow this link to view the summary for Uranium

Follow this link to see the updated PHG for Uranium [6/29/98]

Follow this link to download the Final Public Health Goal for Xylene
Follow this link to view the summary for Xylene

Follow this link to download the Final Public Health Goal for 1,2-Dichlorobenzene
Follow this link to view the summary for 1,2-Dichlorobenzene

Follow this link to download the Final Public Health Goal for 1,4-Dichlorobenzene
Follow this link to view the summary for 1,4-Dichlorobenzene

Follow this link to download the Final Public Health Goal for 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid
Follow this link to view the summary for 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid

For more information on these documents, please contact:

Bob Howd
CAL/EPA-OEHHA-PETS
PHG Work Group
1515 Clay Street, 16th floor
Oakland, California 94612
(510) 622-3200

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Last Updated June 29, 1998