Technical Support Documents for Public Health Goals for 25 Chemicals in Drinking Water

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, and 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 summary for Antimony
Follow this link to view the summary for Alachlor
Follow this link to view the summary for Benzo(a)pyrene
Follow this link to view the summary for Chlordane
Follow this link to view the summary for Copper
Follow this link to view the summary for Cyanide
Follow this link to view the summary for Dalapon
Follow this link to view the summary for DEHP
Follow this link to view the summary for Dinoseb
Follow this link to view the summary for Endothall
Follow this link to view the summary for Ethylbenzene
Follow this link to view the summary for FC-11
Follow this link to view the summary for FC-113
Follow this link to view the summary for Fluoride
Follow this link to view the summary for Glyphosate
Follow this link to view the summary for Lead
Follow this link to view the summary for Nitrate and Nitrite
Follow this link to view the summary for Oxamyl
Follow this link to view the summary for Pentachlorophenol
Follow this link to view the summary for Picloram
Follow this link to view the summary for Uranium [Updated 06/29/98]
Follow this link to view the summary for Xylene
Follow this link to view the summary for 1,2-Dichlorobenzene
Follow this link to view the summary for 1,4-Dichlorobenzene
Follow this link to view the summary for 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid

For more information on these documents, please contact:

Cal/EPA-OEHHA-PETB
Water Toxicology
P.O. Box 4010
Sacramento, CA 95812-4010
(916) 324-7572

Downloads

Alachlor Public Health Goal Technical Support DocumentDec 31, 1997

Cyanide Public Health Goal Technical Support DocumentDec 1, 1997

DEHP Public Health Goal Technical Support DocumentDec 1, 1997

Ethylbenzene Public Health Goal Technical Support DocumentDec 1, 1997

Fluorine Public Health Goal Technical Support DocumentDec 1, 1997

1,4-Dichlorobenzene Public Health Goal Technical Support DocumentDec 1, 1997

Xylene Public Health Goal Technical Support DocumentDec 1, 1997

Chemical Reference

• 1,2-Dichlorobenzene
• 1,4-Dichlorobenzene
• 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid
• Alachlor
• Antimony
• Benzo[a]pyrene
• Chlordane
• Copper
• Cyanide
• Dalapon
• Di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate
• Dinoseb
• Endothall
• Ethylbenzene
• Fluoride
• Glyphosate
• Lead and Lead Compounds
• Nitrate
• Nitrite
• Nitrite and Nitrate
• Oxamyl
• Pentachlorophenol
• Picloram
• Trichlorofluoromethane (Freon 11)
• trichlorotrifluoroethane (Freon 113)
• Uranium
• Xylenes (technical mixture of m, o, p-isomers)