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"n I IAfE OF CALI FORK IA - ;'- AUTHENTICATED t..� ELECTRONIC LEGAL MATERIAL ". State of California HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE Section 116470 EXHIBIT 2 116470. (a) Asa condition of its operating permit, every public water system shall annually prepare a consumer confidence report and mail or deliver a copy of that report to each customer, other than an occupant, as defined in Section 799.28 of the Civil Code, of a recreational vehicle park. A public water system in a recreational vehicle park with occupants as defined in Section 799.28 of the Civil Code shall prominently display on a bulletin board at the entrance to or in the office of the park, and make available upon request, a copy of the report. The report shall include all of the following information: (1) The source of the water purveyed by the public water system. (2) A brief and plainly worded definition of the terms "maximum contaminant level," "primary drinking water standard," and "public health goal:' (3) If any regulated contaminant is detected in public drinking water supplied by the system during the past year, the report shall include all of the following information: (A) The level of the contaminant found in the drinking water, and the corresponding public health goal and primary drinking water standard for that contaminant. (13) Any violations of the primary drinking water standard that have occurred as a result of the presence of the contaminant in the drinking water and a brief and plainly worded statement of health concerns that resulted in the regulation of that contaminant. (C) The public water system's address and phone number to enable customers to obtain further information concerning contaminants and potential health effects. (4) Information on the levels of unregulated contaminants, if any, for which monitoring is required pursuant to state or federal law or regulation. (5) Disclosure of any variances or exemptions from primary drinking water standards granted to the system and the basis therefor. (b) On or before July 1, 1998, and every three years thereafter, 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 munerieal 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. 75C-15