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Council hears competing views on chromium-6 in tap water; public hearing continued to Sept. 19
Summary
City Department of Water and Power officials told the Los Angeles City Council they have found chromium-6 well below existing regulatory standards, while state and outside experts urged more testing and caution. The council kept the public hearing open and continued most related items to Sept. 19, 2000.
Los Angeles City Council members heard a wide-ranging discussion on chromium-6 in the city's drinking water on Friday, Sept. 15, 2000, with the Department of Water and Power and state health officials describing monitoring results and members of the public pressing for stricter limits or immediate action.
The Department of Water and Power told the council it had not found chromium-6 in customers' drinking water above 10 parts per billion and had shut two wells that occasionally showed higher readings. "Under current approved testing, we've not detected any chromium in our customers drinking water above 10 parts per billion," said a Department of Water and Power representative. The utility said it can detect down to about 5 parts per billion in its own labs and is voluntarily testing and sharing data with state health authorities.
At the same time, State Department of Health Services chief Dave Spath told the council that "there is no current…
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