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2019 Public Health Goals (PHGs) Report <br />City of Santa Ana <br />1.0 Introduction <br />Under the Calderon -Sher Safe Drinking Water Act of 1996 public water systems in <br />California serving greater than 10,000 service connections must prepare a report <br />containing information on 1) detection of any contaminant in drinking water at a level <br />exceeding a Public Health Goal (PHG), 2) estimate of costs to remove detected <br />contaminants to below the PHG using Best Available Technology (BAT), and 3) health <br />risks for each contaminant exceeding a PHG. This report must be made available to <br />the public every three years. The initial report was due on July 1, 1998, and <br />subsequent reports are due every three years thereafter. <br />This report has been prepared to address the requirements set forth in Section 116470 <br />of the California Health and Safety Code. It is based on water quality analyses during <br />calendar years 2016, 2017, and 2018 or, if certain analyses were not performed during <br />those years, the most recent data available. The report has been designed to be as <br />informative as possible, without unnecessary duplication of information contained in the <br />Consumer Confidence Reports, which are mailed to customers by July 1st of each year. <br />There are no regulations explaining requirements for the preparation of PHGs reports. <br />A workgroup of the Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) Water Quality <br />Committee has prepared suggested guidelines for water utilities to use in preparing <br />PHGs reports. The ACWA guidelines were used in the preparation of this 2019 report. <br />These guidelines include tables of cost estimates for BAT. The State of California <br />(State) provides ACWA with numerical health risks and category of health risk <br />information for contaminants with PHGs. This health risk information is appended to the <br />ACWA guidelines. <br />City of Santa Ana 1 2019 PHGs Report <br />75C-4 <br />