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Council accepts 2025 drinking water public health goals report; city says state public-health goals exceeded in limited groundwater sources
Summary
The City of Sacramento released a triennial public health goals report showing five contaminants exceeded California's non-binding public health goals in some groundwater sources. Staff told council the overall municipal system meets all enforceable state and federal standards and recommended no immediate treatment changes; council voted to accept
The City Council voted to accept the Department of Utilities' 2025 public health goals report for drinking water, a required triennial evaluation comparing Sacramento's water quality to non-binding public health goals set by the state of California. Mark Severyd, the city's water quality superintendent, told council the city's system meets or surpasses all legally enforceable federal and state standards.
The 2025 report identifies five contaminants detected above California's public health goals in some water sources: arsenic, hexavalent chromium, radionuclides and two PFAS compounds (PFOA…
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