|
Table
1
California
Public Health Goals (PHGs)
for Chemicals in Drinking Water
December
31, 1997
| Chemical
|
California
PHG (ppb)
|
| Alachlor |
4
|
| Antimony |
20
|
| Benzo[a]pyrene |
0.004
|
| Chlordane |
0.03
|
| Copper |
170
|
| Cyanide |
150
|
| Dalapon |
790
|
| Diethylhexylphthalate
(DEHP) |
12
|
| 1,2-Dichlorobenzene
(1,2-DCB) |
600
|
| 1,4-Dichlorobenzene
(1,4-DCB) |
6
|
| 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic
acid (2,4-D) |
70
|
| Dinoseb |
14
|
| Endothall |
580
|
| Ethylbenzene |
300
|
| Fluoride |
1,000
|
| Glyphosate |
1,000
|
| Lead |
2
|
| Nitrate |
10,000
as N
|
| Nitrite |
1,000
as N
|
| Nitrate
and Nitrite |
10,000
as N
|
| Oxamyl |
50
|
| Pentachlorophenol
(PCP) |
0.4
|
| Picloram |
500
|
| Trichlorofluoromethane
(Freon 11) |
700
|
| Trichlorotrifluoroethane
(Freon 113) |
4,000
|
| Xylene(s) |
1,800
|
Footnotes:
1.
Public Health Goals (PHGs) are developed by the Office of Environmental
Health Hazard Assessment OEHHA), California Environmental Protection
Agency (Cal/EPA).
2.
ppb = parts per billion, or micrograms per liter (m g/L)
|
Conditions of Use/Privacy