California Public Health Goals (PHGs) For Chemicals in Drinking Water

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)