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Council accepts 2025 water quality report showing contaminant detections below enforceable limits; public hearing held
Summary
A required triennial public hearing on public health goals for drinking water concluded Oct. 21 with the council accepting the 2025 report. City testing found detections of arsenic, hexavalent chromium and perchlorate at levels above public‑health‑goal guidance but well below enforceable maximum contaminant levels; staff recommended no additional,
The Santa Clara City Council on Oct. 21 held a public hearing and accepted the city’s 2025 report on water quality relative to public health goals (PHGs), a state‑mandated informational review that must be presented every three years.
Summary of findings: Director of Water and Sewer Utilities John Ramirez told the council that three contaminants — arsenic, hexavalent chromium and perchlorate — were detected in the city’s water at levels above the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment public health goals, but well below the enforceable maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) set by state or federal regulators. Ramirez explained that public health goals are non‑enforceable advisory levels set by OEHHA and in…
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