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Commission adopts 2013 public health goal report; staff to send required letter to state
Summary
The commission heard the triennial public health goal report from Water Quality Division Director Andrew DeGraza, which found occasional detections of aluminum and arsenic in raw water (no finished-water exceedances), household lead detections tied to plumbing fixtures, and a few marginal radium hits in June 2011 that were not confirmed on repeat sampling; commissioners adopted the resolution and staff will notify the state.
Andrew DeGraza, director of the Water Quality Division, presented the 2013 Public Health Goal (PHG) report required every three years. He explained that PHGs are ideal contaminant levels that do not consider cost or technical feasibility and that the utility must compare three years of monitoring to PHGs and solicit public comment as part of the reporting process.
DeGraza said that for 92 contaminants with PHGs, 86…
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