Attachment A - 2022 Water Quality Report Relative to the Public Health Goals — Santa Monica City Council, October 11, 2022

CITY OF SANTA MONICA

REPORT ON WATER QUALITY

RELATIVE TO
PUBLIC HEALTH GOALS (PHGs)
June 2022
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BACKGROUND
A Public Health Goal (PHG) is a health risk assessment, not a proposed drinking water standard. It is the level of a constituent in drinking water, which is considered not to pose a significant risk to health if consumed for a lifetime. This determination is reassessed every three years and made without regard to cost or treatability.

The California legislature created the concept of PHGs, and the California Environmental Protection Agency’s (Cal-EPA) Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) researches and establishes PHGs. The State Water Resource Control Board (SWRCB) - Division of Drinking Water (DDW), formerly the California Department of Public Health, then uses PHGs to evaluate health-related drinking water standard Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs). PHGs, as well as cost and technical feasibility estimates, provide the basis for revising and setting new contaminant MCLs.

Provisions of the California Health and Safety Code Section 116470(b) (Exhibit A) require that large water utilities (>10,000 service connections) prepare a special report by July 1, 2022 if their water quality measurements exceeded any PHGs in the three previous calendar years. The law also requires that where OEHHA has not adopted a PHG for a contaminant, the water suppliers are to use the Maximum Contaminant Level Goals (MCLGs) adopted by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). MCLGs are the federal equivalent to PHGs, but they are not identical. This report includes only constituents that have both a California primary drinking water standard, AL, or MCL, and either a set PHG or MCLG. The notable exception is Hexavalent Chromium, which is still in the process of an approved MCL. Exhibit B is a list of all regulated constituents with MCLs and PHGs or MCLGs.

There are a few constituents that are routinely detected in water systems at levels usually well below the drinking water standards for which no PHG nor MCLG have yet been adopted by OEHHA or USEPA. These include total trihalomethanes (TTHMs) among others.

This report provides the following information as specified in the Health and Safety Code (Exhibit A) for each constituent detected in the City of Santa Monica’s (City) water supply in 2019, 2020, and 2021 at a level exceeding an applicable PHG or MCLG:
 Numerical public health risk associated with the MCL and the PHG or MCLG (Exhibit C).
 Category or type of risk to health that could be associated with each constituent.  Best Available Treatment Technology that could be used to reduce the constituent level.
 Estimate of the cost to install that treatment if it is appropriate and feasible.

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APPLICATION OF PHGs
 PHGs are set by the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) which is part of Cal-EPA.
 PHGs are based solely on public health risk considerations. None of the riskmanagement factors that are considered by DDW in setting drinking water standards are considered in setting the PHGs. These factors include analytical detection capabilities, treatment technology available, benefits and costs.  PHGs are not enforceable and are not required to be met by any public water system.

MCLGs are federal equivalent to PHGs and are set by the USEPA.

WATER QUALITY DATA CONSIDERED
All the water quality data collected for Santa Monica’s water system between 2019 and 2021 for purposes of determining compliance with drinking water standards was considered. This information was summarized in our Annual Water Quality Reports made available to all Santa Monica customers, residents, and businesses in June 2020, June 2021 and June 2022 (Exhibit D).

A majority of DDW mandated constituents with a Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) were tested for in Santa Monica’s water system and were reported as Not Detected (ND). Constituents with the greatest relevance to the public are listed in the Annual Water Quality Reports. A constituent reported as ND generally means that the laboratory did not detect the compound, or that it was detected at a level less than California’s Detection Level for purposes of Reporting (DLR).

GUIDELINES FOLLOWED
The Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) formed a workgroup, which prepared guidelines for water utilities to use in preparing PHG reports. These guidelines were used in the preparation of this report. No general guidelines are available from the state regulatory agencies. ACWA’s workgroup also prepared guidelines for water utilities to use in estimating the costs to reduce a constituent to the MCL. Exhibit E provides cost estimates in 2021 dollars for the best treatment technologies that are available today.

BEST AVAILABLE TREATMENT TECHNOLOGY AND COST ESTIMATES
Both the USEPA and DDW have adopted what are known as Best Available Technologies (BATs), which are the best-known methods of reducing contaminant levels to achieve compliance with MCLs. Capital construction and operation and maintenance (O&M) costs can be estimated for such technologies. However, since Water Resources Division
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many PHGs and MCLGs are set much lower than the MCL, it is not always possible or feasible to determine the treatment needed to meet the PHG or MCLG. For example, USEPA sets the MCLG for potential cancer-causing chemicals at zero. Estimating the costs to reduce a constituent to zero is difficult, if not impossible, because it is not possible to verify by analytical means that the level has been lowered to zero. In some cases, installing treatment to try and further reduce very low levels of one constituent may have adverse effects on other aspects of water quality.

CONSTITUENTS DETECTED THAT EXCEED A PHG OR A MCLG
The following is a discussion of constituents that were detected in one or more of the City’s drinking water sources at levels exceeding the PHG or, if no PHG exists, above the MCLG. Water sources that directly enter the distribution system are comprised of the Arcadia Water Treatment Plant, Santa Monica Well #1, and imported MWD water from Weymouth Plant and Jensen Plant. Constituents that were detected in one or more drinking water sources at levels above the MCLs are reduced to acceptable levels. The health risk information for regulated constituents with MCLs, PHGs or MCLGs is provided in Exhibit C.
 Total Coliform Bacteria
Total coliform bacteria are measured at approximately 100 sites around the City. The MCL requires that no more than 5% of all samples collected in a month can be positive for total coliforms, and the MCLG requires zero positive samples per month. There is no PHG for total coliform bacteria, thus the MCLG is followed. The reason for the total coliform drinking water standard is to minimize the possibility of the water containing pathogens, which are organisms that cause waterborne disease. Total coliform analysis serves as a surrogate indicator of the potential presence of pathogens, it is not possible to state a specific numerical health risk. While USEPA normally sets MCLGs “at a level where no known or anticipated adverse effects on persons would occur”, USEPA indicates that it cannot do so with total coliforms. Nevertheless, without the ability to determine a specific numerical risk, the MCLG has been set at zero for total coliform bacteria.

Coliform bacteria are a group of indicator organisms that are ubiquitous in nature and are not generally considered harmful. They are used because of the ease in monitoring and analysis. If a positive sample is found, it indicates a potential problem that needs to be investigated with follow-up sampling. It is not at all unusual for a system to have an occasional positive sample. In Santa Monica, approximately 80 of the total coliform bacteria sample sites are taken from resident or business taps, such as hose bibbs.

Many of these taps are exposed to the environment and while they provide a satisfactory sample point most of the time, occasionally the tap itself may become exposed to bacteria from the environment, e.g. overgrown plants, pets and humans.

When samples are drawn from these exposed taps, they may test positive on rare occasion.

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During the 2019 – 2021 period, the City collected between 119 and 142 samples each month for total coliform analysis. No repeat samples were confirmed positive for Total Coliform Bacteria from 2019 - 2021. The Annual Water Quality Reports, also known as CCRs, state that the highest percent of monthly samples positive was 0.69% in 2019,

1.60% in 2020, and 0.69% in 2021. This percent includes sample locations that initially tested positive, however, they were resampled and confirmed having no presence of Coliform Bacteria. City of Santa Monica’s water system was well below the 5% monthly positive rate that would require further corrective action/investigation to take place.

In order to reduce the potential for positive results due to taps exposed to the open environment, the Water Resources Division (WRD) has a program to prioritize the sites and install more dedicated sampling stations in conjunction with the WRD’s main line replacement program. The dedicated sampling stations are enclosed in a lockable box and are protected from the environment.

The WRD already maintains an effective cross connection control program, a disinfectant residual throughout the system, an effective monitoring and surveillance program, and positive pressure in all parts of the distribution system. The WRD has already taken all steps described by the DDW as Best Available Technology (BAT) for Coliform Bacteria in Section 64447, Title 22, CCR. Since it is unlikely that any change to the treatment process at the Arcadia Water Treatment Plant would prevent the occasional positive test result at distribution sampling sites, staff recommends no change to the existing treatment.
 Lead and Copper
There are no MCLs for lead or copper. Lead and copper are not present in our water sources, but they can leach into drinking water through the resident’s plumbing systems and faucets. Instead of MCLs, every three years a set of special samples is collected, and the results evaluated to determine whether the City’s water system has achieved “optimized corrosion control”. The samples collected are first-draw at the tap of thirty or more homes identified as high-risk (new plumbing installed with lead solder before it was banned). To meet drinking water standards, the 90th percentile reading (meaning 90% of the samples were lower) of all samples collected by the City from these household taps cannot exceed an Action Level (AL) of 0.015 mg/L for lead and 1.3 mg/L for copper. The PHG for lead is 0.0002 mg/L (0.2 ppb) and the PHG for copper is 0.3 mg/L.

There are three categories of health risk associated with lead - chronic toxicity (neurobehavioral effects in children, hypertension in adults) and cancer. The numerical health risk of ingesting drinking water with lead above the Action Level is 2X10-6, or two additional theoretical cancer cases in one million people drinking two liters of water a day for 70 years.

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The last round of testing for lead and copper was conducted by the Water Resources WRD in 2019 (next round is summer 2022). The 90th percentile reading for lead in the last round was 0.00230 mg/L and was 0.302 mg/L for copper. These levels were above the PHGs, but below the Action Levels, which means the City continued to meet water quality standards for lead and copper and was again considered to have “optimized corrosion control”.

In general, optimizing corrosion control is considered the Best Available Technology to address corrosion issues and any lead and copper findings. The WRD will continue to monitor water quality parameters that relate to corrosivity, such as pH, hardness, alkalinity, and total dissolved solids, and will act, if necessary, to maintain our system in an “optimized corrosion control” condition.

Since the City’s water supply continues to meet the “optimized corrosion control” requirements, it is not prudent to initiate additional corrosion control treatment until such time as changing conditions might warrant further action. Therefore, no estimate of cost has been included in this report and no recommendations for further action are advised.  Arsenic
The PHG for Arsenic is 0.000004 mg/L (4.0 ppt). The MCL for Arsenic is 0.01 mg/L.

Arsenic is a naturally occurring metallic element found in water generally at low levels throughout California and elsewhere due to the erosion of mineral deposits. It can also enter water supplies from runoff from agricultural and industrial sites. The MCL was lowered in 2006 due to increasing evidence of potential detrimental health effects even at low levels. The concern is that long-term exposure to Arsenic in drinking water may cause skin damage, problems with circulatory systems, and may cause cancer.

Arsenic was below the MCL in all the City’s water sources during 2019 – 2021; however, several sources exceeded the PHG during this period. Arsenic readings for all sources during this report period ranged from ND (Reporting Limit was 0.0005 mg/L) to a high of 0.0014 mg/L, which occurred in source water well Santa Monica Well #1.

The annual average for the Jensen and Weymouth supply was ND for 2019 – 2021.

The City’s single well not treated by the Arcadia Treatment Plant is Santa Monica Well #1. Santa Monica Well #1 had annual averages that ranged from 0.0010 mg/L to

0.0014 mg/L during 2019 – 2021. One detection at the reporting limit of 0.0005 mg/L (Reporting Limit was 0.0005 mg/L) of Arsenic was found in water from the Arcadia Treatment Plant in 2021, but was ND for 2019 and 2020.

An increased risk of cancer the health risk category for long-term exposure to drinking water containing Arsenic above the MCL. The numerical health risk of ingesting drinking water with Arsenic above the PHG is 1X10-6, or one additional theoretical cancer cases in one million people drinking two liters of water a day for 70 years.

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The following BATs are designated for Arsenic removal: Ion Exchange, Wells Blending, Granular Ferric Oxide Resin Adsorption; Coagulation Filtration, and Reverse Osmosis (RO). The City’s RO softening plant, commissioned in December 2010, is achieving reduction of Arsenic to below the level it can be analytically measured (Reporting Limit).

BATs are designed for treatment to achieve compliance with the corresponding MCLs, and not necessarily the PHGs. It is unlikely that Arsenic will be removed to a level lower than the very low Arsenic PHG. The PHG is also lower than laboratory tests can detect, so it would be impossible to confirm whether water out of the Arcadia Treatment Plant, or any given water supply, contains Arsenic lower than the PHG level.

It is not practical or feasible to estimate costs for the reduction of Arsenic from the supplemental water the City purchases from MWD, the Arcadia Water Treatment Plant or Santa Monica Well #1. Therefore, no estimate of cost has been included in this report and no recommendations for further action are advised.  Uranium
The PHG for Uranium is 0.43 picoCuries per liter (pCi/L) and the MCL is 20 pCi/L.

Uranium is a naturally occurring metallic element which is weakly radioactive and is ubiquitous in the earth’s crust. Uranium is found in ground and surface waters due to its natural occurrence in geological formations. The average Uranium concentrations in surface and ground water are 1 and 2 pCi/L respectively. The Uranium intake from water is about equal to the total from other dietary components.

Uranium levels always tested below the MCL for all water sources from 2019 – 2021; however, all sources exceeded the PHG at least once during this period except for MWD’s Jensen plant in 2019.

Uranium readings in water out of the Arcadia Treatment Plant ranged from 1.5 pCi/L to

3.7 pCi/L; the annual averages from the plant ranged from 2.2 to 2.5 pCi/L for 2019 – 2021. Annual averages of water from MWD’s Weymouth and Jensen plants ranged from ND (Reporting Limit was 0.7 pCi/L) to 3 pCi/L for years 2019 – 2021.

An increased risk of developing cancer is the health risk category associated with drinking water containing Uranium above the MCL for many years. OEHHA has determined that the numerical cancer risk for Uranium above the PHG level is 1x10-6, or one additional theoretical cancer case in one million people drinking two liters of water a day for 70 years.

There are several BATs designated to lower Uranium to below the MCL including RO.

The City’s RO softening plant, commissioned in December 2010, is achieving some reduction of Uranium from most of the City’s groundwater supplies. However, BATs are designed for treatment to achieve compliance with the corresponding MCL only, and not PHGs; thus, RO treatment did not achieve reduction of Uranium to below the PHG.

Further treatment to reduce Uranium at the Arcadia Treatment Plant is neither practical, nor feasible.

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The City’s single well not treated by the Arcadia Treatment Plant is Santa Monica Well #1. The water for this well had a Uranium level that ranged from 0.8 pCi/L (Reporting Limit is 0.7 pCi/L) to 1.1 pCi/l for 2019 – 2021, thus it must be evaluated for treatment for removal of Uranium to below the PHG. Of the designated BATs for Uranium, the most effective and economical approach would be to use RO treatment at the well site.

Based on 2021 flow rates and 2012 estimated costs indexed to 2021 dollars, this would be approximately $939,634 per year not including the cost for waste (brine) disposal (cost from Exhibit E, Table 3, No. 12). However, this well is located in the center median of San Vicente Blvd in a residential neighborhood where it would not be feasible to construct a small treatment plant at the well site. Again, it is also unclear whether treatment to below the PHG for Uranium could be achieved using RO, as BATs are designed to achieve compliance only to the corresponding MCL. Also, this cost estimate may be imprecise as treatment and operational costs can vary widely depending on variables of the situation.

It is not practical or feasible to estimate costs for the reduction of Uranium from the supplemental water the City purchases from MWD. Therefore, no estimate of cost has been included in this report and no recommendations for further action are advised.  Other Radionuclides
There are several radionuclides for which OEHHA has not set PHGs, but for which an MCLG has been designated by USEPA. The standards include the following radionuclides: alpha emitters, beta/photon emitters, combined radium as well as the standard for Uranium described above. In addition to these standards, USEPA has designated an MCLG of zero for each. The groundwater and supplemental water supplies for Santa Monica always tested below the MCLs for these constituents during 2019 – 2021; however, the MCLGs of zero for some of these radionuclides were exceeded at some sources at various times during this period.

Radionuclides are radioactive elements that are found in nature or are man-made.

They are unstable and emit particles or waves of high energy from the nucleus or other parts of the atom. There are three basic kinds of high-energy radiation: alpha, beta, and gamma (included in a broader group called photons). Many radionuclides emit more than one kind of radiation, but they are classified by their most important kind. The MCL for alpha emitters limits the level of “gross alpha” radiation other than what is contributed by Uranium and radon. The MCL for beta/photon emitters limits the level of radiation from a group of 179 man-made radioactive materials. The MCL for combined radium limits the radiation on two kinds (or “isotopes”) of radium: radium-226 and radium-228. These MCLs were adopted to address concern with the health effects from radiation inside the body after consuming the radionuclides because evidence suggests that long-term exposure to radionuclides in drinking water may cause cancer.

The level of alpha emitters in the City’s groundwater and supplemental supplies always tested below the MCL of 15 pCi/L during 2019 – 2021; however, alpha emitters did Water Resources Division
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exceed the MCLG of zero in some monitoring data. Gross alpha readings for this period ranged from ND (Reporting Limit was 3 pCi/L) for all supplies to a high of 5.8 pCi/L, which came from Arcadia Water Treatment Plant in 2020. Annual averages from all the supplies ranged from ND to 4.2 pCi/L, the high came from Arcadia Water Treatment Plant in 2019.

The standard for beta/photon emitters does not apply to the City’s groundwater and as such, is not covered by this report. The standard for beta/photon emitters does apply to supplemental water that the City received from MWD. The MWD water always tested below the beta/photon emitters MCL of 50 pCi/L, but it was verified to exceed the MCLG of zero data during 2021 at Weymouth. Beta/photon emitter readings for both MWD supplies for this period ranged from ND (Detection Limit for Purposes of Reporting or DLR was 4 pCi/L) to a high of 6 pCi/L in the water coming from MWD’s Weymouth Treatment Plant during 2021. The annual averages ranged from ND to 5 pCi/L for the Jensen and Weymouth supplies respectively, for the period covered by this report.

The level of combined radium in the City’s groundwater and supplemental supplies always tested below the MCL of 5 pCi/L during 2019 – 2021. No detections of combined radium were reported for the City’s supplies or MWD imported water from Weymouth and Jensen plant.

The BATs for these radionuclides are similar to those for Uranium, which includes RO.

The City’s RO softening plant, commissioned in December 2010, is achieving some reduction of these radionuclides from the City’s groundwater supply. BATs are designed for treatment to achieve compliance with the corresponding MCL only, and not PHGs, so the addition of RO softening, considered a BAT for these other radionuclides, did not achieve reduction to below the MCLGs in all cases. Further treatment to reduce other radionuclides at the Arcadia Treatment Plant is neither practical, nor feasible.

Thus, the analysis for treatment of Santa Monica Well #1 and the MWD supplies is the same as for Uranium and no recommendations for further action are advised.  Bromate
Bromate is a disinfection byproduct (DBP) formed when water containing naturally occurring bromide ion is ozonated. Long-term exposure to bromate in drinking water may cause cancer; thus, the Bromate MCL was adopted in 2002 to address the potential health effect. The standard applies only to water treatment plants that apply ozone for disinfection and does not apply to the City’s groundwater or treatment system.

The standard does apply to supplemental water the City imports directly from MWD’s Jensen and Weymouth Treatment Plants. After more than two decades of planning and construction, MWD has retrofitted all five of its water treatment plants to use ozone, rather than chlorine, as the primary disinfectant. The upgrade has driven DBP levels in MWD’s system to historically low levels and complies with stringent regulations that limit the level of DBPs in drinking water. Ozonation also improves drinking water aesthetics, offers protection from pathogens, and reduces other potential contaminants such as Water Resources Division
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cyanotoxins. MWD controls Bromate by adjusting pH, or by adding chloramine (a combination of ammonia and chlorine) prior to the water reaching the ozone contactors.

The PHG for bromate is 0.0001 mg/L. The MCL for bromate is 0.010 mg/L. The MCL for bromate does not apply to single readings but is instead compared to a Running Annual Average (RAA). For 2019 – 2021, the highest RAAs from the imported water sources, MWD’s Weymouth Plant (0.0056 mg/L in 2019) and Jensen Plant (0.0045 mg/L in 2021), stayed below the RAA MCL for bromate, but they exceeded the PHG during 2019 – 2021.

An increased risk of developing cancer is the category for health risk associated with drinking water containing bromate above the MCL for many years. OEHHA has determined that the numerical cancer risk for bromate above the PHG level is 1x10-6, or one additional theoretical cancer case in one million people drinking two liters of water a day for 70 years.

The BAT to reduce bromate is control of the ozone treatment process. The City does not have any control over imported water quality and as such, this is a process that is under the control and jurisdiction of MWD that is already being conducted. Therefore, no recommendations for further action will not be addressed in this report.  Perchlorate
The PHG for Perchlorate is 0.001 mg/L (1.0 ppb) as of 2015. The MCL for Perchlorate is 0.006 mg/L. Perchlorate is an inorganic oxidizing chemical that can occur in the environment either through industrial contamination or from natural sources. Some industrial uses include use in solid rocket propellant, fireworks, explosives, flares, and matches. Perchlorate has been shown to decrease the uptake of iodide by the thyroid gland and therefore reducing the production of thyroid hormones, leading to adverse effects associated with inadequate hormone levels. Thyroid uptake of iodide is key to hormone production needed for normal prenatal growth and development of the fetus, as well as for normal growth and development in the infant and child. In adults, thyroid hormones are key to metabolic and mental function.

Perchlorate was below the MCL in all the City’s water sources during 2019 – 2021; however, one source exceeded the PHG during this period. Perchlorate readings for all sources during this report period ranged from ND (Reporting Limit was 0.0005 mg/L) to a high of 0.0019 mg/L, which occurred in source water well Santa Monica Well #1. No PHG exceedances were found at Arcadia Water Treatment Plant for 2019 – 2021. The annual average for the Jensen and Weymouth supply was ND for 2019 – 2021.

The City’s single well not treated by the Arcadia Treatment Plant is Santa Monica Well #1. Santa Monica Well #1 had annual averages that ranged from 0.0010 mg/L to

0.0019 mg/L during 2019 – 2021. One detection at 0.0019 mg/L (Reporting Limit was

0.0005 mg/L) of Perchlorate was found in water from Santa Monica Well #1 in 2020, but was 0.0010 mg/L for 2019 and 2021.

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For perchlorate, there is no cancer risk associated with drinking water above the PHG or the MCL.

The recommended technologies for Perchlorate removal are ion exchange or biological fluidized bed reactor technology. Of the designated BATs for Perchlorate, the most effective and economical approach would be to use ion exchange resin at the well site.

Based on 2021 flow rates and 2012 estimated costs indexed to 2021 dollars, this would be approximately $153,100 per year not including the cost for any waste disposal. (cost from Exhibit E, Table 2, No. 4). However, this well is located in the center median of San Vicente Blvd in a residential neighborhood where it would not be feasible to construct a small treatment plant at the well site. Again, it is also unclear whether treatment to below the PHG for Perchlorate could be achieved using ion exchange, as BATs are designed to achieve compliance only to the corresponding MCL. Also, this cost estimate may be imprecise as treatment and operational costs can vary widely depending on variables of the situation. As such, no recommendations for further action are advised.
 Hexavalent Chromium (Chromium VI)
A PHG for chromium VI was set at 0.00002 mg/L in July 2011. The MCL for chromium VI was set at 0.01 mg/l in July 2014, repealed in May 2017, and at the time of this report in the MCL approval process. The total chromium MCL of 0.05 mg/l was established in 1977 to address the non-cancer toxic effect of chromium VI.

Chromium is an odorless and tasteless metallic element. It is found naturally in rocks, plants and can also be produced by industrial processes. The most common types of chromium found in natural waters in the environment are Chromium III and Chromium VI. Total chromium is the sum of Chromium III and Chromium VI. Chromium III and Chromium VI are covered together under the total Chromium MCL because these forms of chromium can convert back and forth in water depending on environmental conditions.

Chromium III is an essential human dietary element and naturally occurs in many vegetables, fruits, grains and yeast. Chromium VI also occurs naturally in the environment from the erosion of natural chromium deposits from rocks and can also be released in the environment from industrial processes via storage leaks, discharges and improper disposal practices.

Total Chromium and Chromium VI were below the MCL in all of the City’s water sources at all times, but exceeded the PHG for chromium VI at least once during the period covered in this report. Supplemental water from the Jensen and Weymouth Treatment Plants had no detection of Chromium or Chromium VI during this reporting period.

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Water coming from the Arcadia Water Treatment Plant had a Chromium VI level at

0.0002 mg/l (Reporting Limit is 0.00002 mg/l) for the Arcadia Treatment Plant from 2019 – 2021.

The City’s single well not treated by the Arcadia Treatment Plant is Santa Monica Well #1, had levels of Chromium VI for 2019 – 2021 ranging from 0.0005 to 0.0018 mg/l.

Chromium VI is known to be a potent carcinogen when inhaled. It was found to also cause cancer in laboratory mice and rats when exposed through drinking water.

OEHHA has determined that the numerical cancer risk for Chromium VI above the PHG level is 1x10-6, or one additional theoretical cancer cases in one million people drinking two liters of water a day for 70 years.

The recommended technologies for Chromium VI removal are weak base anion exchange resin or reverse osmosis technology. The City’s RO softening plant, commissioned in December 2010, is achieving some reduction of Chromium VI from the City’s groundwater supply. BATs are designed for treatment to achieve compliance with the corresponding MCL only, and not PHGs, so the addition of RO softening, considered a BAT for Chromium VI, did not achieve reduction to below the PHG in all cases. Further treatment to reduce Chromium VI at the Arcadia Treatment Plant is neither practical, nor feasible. Thus, no recommendations for further action are advised for Arcadia Treatment Plant. The cost estimate provided for treatment of Uranium at Santa Monica Well #1 applies for Chromium VI along with the same recommendation that such treatment is neither practical or feasible.
 Fluoride
The PHG for Fluoride is 1 mg/L as of 1997. The MCL is 2 mg/L. Fluoride is a natural occurring element found in natural deposits, which enters groundwater through erosion.

It is commonly found as an additive in drinking water supplies as a public health measure to prevent tooth decay. The main concern is mild dental fluorosis (discoloration of teeth) in children and adults at the 2 mg/L MCL and higher levels.

Fluoride, in addition to being naturally found at levels close to 0.3 mg/L in Santa Monica groundwater sources, is raised to a target level of 0.7 mg/L with a control range of 0.6 mg/L to 1.2 mg/L throughout the distribution system. The control range was issued by the State Water Resources Control Board. The control range in the distribution system was below the PHG of 1 mg/L for 2019 and 2020, however the control range was 0.6 mg/L to 1.1 mg/L in 2021. There was no MCL or control range exceedance in the 2019 – 2021 period.

City water is actively fluoridated to increase the natural occurring levels that are below the PHG due in part to existing RO softening that removes fluoride. As such, no BAT’s are recommended beyond operator controlled adjustments to the active dosing at Arcadia Water Treatment Plant and Santa Monica Well #1 where dosing takes place before entry into the distribution system. Imported supplemental MWD water is also Water Resources Division
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difficult to control and for that reason, City fluoride dosing may exceed the PHG, but not the control range or MCL. As such, no recommendations for further action are advised.

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHER ACTION
The drinking water quality of the City of Santa Monica meets all SWRCB/Division of Drinking Water and USEPA drinking water standards set to protect public health. The City’s RO softening plant commissioned in December 2010 is achieving further reduction of many of the constituents identified in this report from the City’s groundwater supply. To further reduce the levels of these constituents that are already significantly below the established health-based Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCL) would typically require that additional costly treatment processes be constructed. The effectiveness of the additional costly treatment processes to provide any significant reductions in constituent levels at these already low values below the MCL and in some cases, laboratory detection levels, is uncertain. The health protection benefits of these further hypothetical reductions are not clear and may not be quantifiable. Therefore, no action is proposed at this time.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
1,4-Dioxane
No MCL, MCLG, or PHG exists for 1,4-Dioxane, and as such, is not a requirement for this report. However, DDW has a Notification Level (NL) for 1,4-Dioxane, which was lowered to 0.001 mg/l in 2010. As reported to City Council in 2002, the City’s Olympic Wells (Santa Monica Wells 3&4) were found to have 1,4-Dioxane above the NL. The City was advised by DDW in 2002 that it was acceptable to continue the use of these wells as long as the level remained less than 100 times the NL. However, construction of a new treatment plant targeting 1,4-Dioxane and other contaminants in the Olympic Wells are currently underway with an anticipated completion date by the end of 2023.The target reduction is well below the Notification Level of 0.001 mg/l.

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EXHIBITS:

A. California Health and Safety Code Section 116470(b)
B. List of Regulated Constituents with MCLs, PHGs or MCLGs C. Numerical Health Risk Information for Public Health Goal Exceedance Reports.

Prepared by the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment. Feb 2022 D. Tables excerpted from Annual Water Quality Reports for 2019 - 2021 E. Cost Estimates for Treatment Technologies
F. Acronyms
Exhibit A
Health and Safety Code
Section 116470 (b)
(b) On or before July 1, 1998, and every three years thereafter, public water systems serving more than 10,000 service connections that detect one or more contaminants in drinking water that exceed the applicable public health goal, shall prepare a brief written report in plain language that does all of the following:
(1) Identifies each contaminant detected in drinking water that exceeds the applicable public health goal.
(2) Discloses the numerical public health risk, determined by the office, associated with the maximum contaminant level for each contaminant identified in paragraph (1) and the numerical public health risk determined by the office associated with the public health goal for that contaminant.
(3) Identifies the category of risk to public health, including, but not limited to, carcinogenic, mutagenic, teratogenic, and acute toxicity, associated with exposure to the contaminant in drinking water, and includes a brief plainly worded description of these terms.
(4) Describes the best available technology, if any is then available on a commercial basis, to remove the contaminant or reduce the concentration of the contaminant. The public water system may, solely at its own discretion, briefly describe actions that have been taken on its own, or by other entities, to prevent the introduction of the contaminant into drinking water supplies.
(5) Estimates the aggregate cost and the cost per customer of utilizing the technology described in paragraph (4), if any, to reduce the concentration of that contaminant in drinking water to a level at or below the public health goal. (6) Briefly describes what action, if any, the local water purveyor intends to take to reduce the concentration of the contaminant in public drinking water supplies and the basis for that decision.
(c) Public water systems required to prepare a report pursuant to subdivision (b) shall hold a public hearing for the purpose of accepting and responding to public comment on the report. Public water systems may hold the public hearing as part of any regularly scheduled meeting.
(d) The department shall not require a public water system to take any action to reduce or eliminate any exceedance of a public health goal.
(e) Enforcement of this section does not require the department to amend a public water system’s operating permit.

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(f) Pending adoption of a public health goal by the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 116365, and in lieu thereof, public water systems shall use the national maximum contaminant level goal adopted by the United States Environmental Protection Agency for the corresponding contaminant for purposes of complying with the notice and hearing requirements of this section.
(g) This section is intended to provide an alternative form for the federally required consumer confidence report as authorized by 42 U.S.C. Section 300g-3(c).

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ATTACHMENT NO. 1
2019 PHG Triennial Report: Calendar Years 2019-2020-2021 1 MCLs, DLRs, and PHGs for Regulated
Drinking Water Contaminants
(Units are in milligrams per liter (mg/L),
unless otherwise noted.)
Last Update: S eptembe r 14, 2021
This table includes:

California's maximum contaminant levels (MCLs)
Detection limits for purposes of reporting (DLRs)
Public health goals (PHGs) from the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA)
Also, the PHG for NDMA (which is not yet regulated) is included at the bottom of this table.

Regulated Contaminant MCL DLR PHG Date of
PHG
Chemicals with MCLs in 22 CCR §64431—Inorganic Chemicals Aluminum 1 0.05 0.6 2001
Antimony 0.006 0.006 0.001 2016
Arsenic 0.010 0.002 0.000004 2004
Asbestos (MFL = million fibers per liter;
for fibers >10 microns long) 7 MFL 0.2 MFL 7 MFL 2003
Barium 1 0.1 2 2003
Beryllium 0.004 0.001 0.001 2003
Cadmium 0.005 0.001 0.00004 2006
Chromium, Total - OEHHA withdrew the

0.0025-mg/L PHG 0.05 0.01 withdrawnNov. 2001 1999
Chromium, Hexavalent - 0.01-mg/L MCL
& 0.001-mg/L DLR repealed September
2017
-- -- 0.00002 2011
Cyanide 0.15 0.1 0.15 1997
Fluoride 2 0.1 1 1997
Mercury (inorganic) 0.002 0.001 0.0012 1999
(rev2005)*
Nickel 0.1 0.01 0.012 2001
Nitrate (as nitrogen, N) 10 as N 0.4
45 as
NO3 (=10
as N)
2018
Nitrite (as N) 1 as N 0.4 1 as N 2018
Nitrate + Nitrite (as N) 10 as N -- 10 as N 2018
Perchlorate 0.006 0.004 0.001 2015
Selenium 0.05 0.005 0.03 2010
Thallium 0.002 0.001 0.0001 1999
(rev2004)
Copper and Lead, 22 CCR §64672.3
Values referred to as MCLs for lead and copper are not actually MCLs; instead, they are called "Action Levels" under the lead and copper rule
Copper 1.3 0.05 0.3 2008
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Radionuclides with MCLs in 22 CCR §64441 and §64443—Radioactivity [units are picocuries per liter (pCi/L), unless otherwise stated; n/a = not applicable] Gross alpha particle activity - OEHHA
concluded in 2003 that a PHG was not
practical
15 3 none n/a
Gross beta particle activity - OEHHA
concluded in 2003 that a PHG was not
practical
4 mrem/yr 4 none n/a
Radium-226 -- 1 0.05 2006
Radium-228 -- 1 0.019 2006
Radium-226 + Radium-228 5 -- -- --
Strontium-90 8 2 0.35 2006
Tritium 20,000 1,000 400 2006
Uranium 20 1 0.43 2001
Chemicals with MCLs in 22 CCR §64444—Organic Chemicals
(a) Volatile Organic Chemicals (VOCs)
Benzene 0.001 0.0005 0.00015 2001
Carbon tetrachloride 0.0005 0.0005 0.0001 2000
1,2-Dichlorobenzene 0.6 0.0005 0.6 1997
(rev2009)
1,4-Dichlorobenzene (p-DCB) 0.005 0.0005 0.006 1997
1,1-Dichloroethane (1,1-DCA) 0.005 0.0005 0.003 2003
1,2-Dichloroethane (1,2-DCA) 0.0005 0.0005 0.0004 1999
(rev2005)
1,1-Dichloroethylene (1,1-DCE) 0.006 0.0005 0.01 1999
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene 0.006 0.0005 0.013 2018
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene 0.01 0.0005 0.05 2018
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride) 0.005 0.0005 0.004 2000 1,2-Dichloropropane 0.005 0.0005 0.0005 1999
1,3-Dichloropropene 0.0005 0.0005 0.0002 1999
(rev2006)
Ethylbenzene 0.3 0.0005 0.3 1997
Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) 0.013 0.003 0.013 1999 Monochlorobenzene 0.07 0.0005 0.07 2014
Styrene 0.1 0.0005 0.0005 2010
1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane 0.001 0.0005 0.0001 2003
Tetrachloroethylene (PCE) 0.005 0.0005 0.00006 2001
Toluene 0.15 0.0005 0.15 1999
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene 0.005 0.0005 0.005 1999
1,1,1-Trichloroethane (1,1,1-TCA) 0.2 0.0005 1 2006
1,1,2-Trichloroethane (1,1,2-TCA) 0.005 0.0005 0.0003 2006 Trichloroethylene (TCE) 0.005 0.0005 0.0017 2009
Trichlorofluoromethane (Freon 11) 0.15 0.005 1.3 2014
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(Freon 113) 1.2 0.01 4 1997(rev2011)
Vinyl chloride 0.0005 0.0005 0.00005 2000
Xylenes 1.75 0.0005 1.8 1997
(b) Non-Volatile Synthetic Organic Chemicals (SOCs)
Alachlor 0.002 0.001 0.004 1997
Atrazine 0.001 0.0005 0.00015 1999
Bentazon 0.018 0.002 0.2 1999
(rev2009)
Benzo(a)pyrene 0.0002 0.0001 0.000007 2010
Carbofuran 0.018 0.005 0.0007 2016
Chlordane 0.0001 0.0001 0.00003 1997
(rev2006)
Dalapon 0.2 0.01 0.79 1997
(rev2009)
1,2-Dibromo-3-chloropropane (DBCP) 0.0002 0.00001 0.000003 2020 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) 0.07 0.01 0.02 2009 Di(2-ethylhexyl)adipate 0.4 0.005 0.2 2003
Di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP) 0.004 0.003 0.012 1997 Dinoseb 0.007 0.002 0.014 1997
(rev2010)
Diquat 0.02 0.004 0.006 2016
Endothal 0.1 0.045 0.094 2014
Endrin 0.002 0.0001 0.0003 2016
Ethylene dibromide (EDB) 0.00005 0.00002 0.00001 2003
Glyphosate 0.7 0.025 0.9 2007
Heptachlor 0.00001 0.00001 0.000008 1999
Heptachlor epoxide 0.00001 0.00001 0.000006 1999
Hexachlorobenzene 0.001 0.0005 0.00003 2003
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene 0.05 0.001 0.002 2014
Lindane 0.0002 0.0002 0.000032 1999
(rev2005)
Methoxychlor 0.03 0.01 0.00009 2010
Molinate 0.02 0.002 0.001 2008
Oxamyl 0.05 0.02 0.026 2009
Pentachlorophenol 0.001 0.0002 0.0003 2009
Picloram 0.5 0.001 0.166 2016
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) 0.0005 0.0005 0.00009 2007 Simazine 0.004 0.001 0.004 2001
Thiobencarb 0.07 0.001 0.042 2016
Toxaphene 0.003 0.001 0.00003 2003
1,2,3-Trichloropropane 0.000005 0.000005 0.0000007 2009 2,3,7,8-TCDD (dioxin) 3x10-8 5x10-9 5x10-11 2010
2,4,5-TP (Silvex) 0.05 0.001 0.003 2014
Chemicals with MCLs in 22 CCR §64533—Disinfection Byproducts Total Trihalomethanes 0.080 -- -- --
Bromodichloromethane -- 0.0010 0.00006 2020
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2019 PHG Triennial Report: Calendar Years 2019-2020-2021 Bromoform -- 0.0010 0.0005 2020
Chloroform -- 0.0010 0.0004 2020
Dibromochloromethane -- 0.0010 0.0001 2020
Haloacetic Acids (five) (HAA5) 0.060 -- -- --
Monochloroacetic Acid -- 0.0020 -- --
Dichloroacetic Adic -- 0.0010 -- --
Trichloroacetic Acid -- 0.0010 -- --
Monobromoacetic Acid -- 0.0010 -- --
Dibromoacetic Acid -- 0.0010 -- --
Bromate 0.010 0.0050** 0.0001 2009
Chlorite 1.0 0.020 0.05 2009
Chemicals with PHGs established in response to DDW requests. These are not currently regulated drinking water contaminants.

N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) -- -- 0.000003 2006
*OEHHA's review of this chemical during the year indicated (rev20XX) resulted in no change in the PHG.
**The DLR for Bromate is 0.0010 mg/L for analysis performed using EPA Method 317.0 Revision 2.0, 321.8, or 326.0.

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Exceedance Reports
Health Risk Information for
Public Health Goal Exceedance Reports
Prepared by
Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
California Environmental Protection Agency
February 2022
NEW for the 2022 Report: New in this document are an updated Public Health Goal(PHG) for 1,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane (DBCP) and newly established PHGs for the trihalomethanes bromodichloromethane, bromoform, chloroform, and dibromochloromethane.

Background: Under the Calderon-Sher Safe Drinking Water Act of 1996 (the Act), public water systems with more than 10,000 service connections are required to prepare a report every three years for contaminants that exceed their respective PHGs.1This document contains health risk information on regulated drinking water contaminants to assist public water systems in preparing these reports. A PHG is the concentration of a contaminant in drinking water that poses no significant health risk if consumed for a lifetime. PHGs are developed and published by the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) using current risk assessment principles, practices and methods.2
The water system’s report is required to identify the health risk category (e.g., carcinogenicity or neurotoxicity) associated with exposure to each regulated contaminant in drinking water and to include a brief, plainly worded description of these risks. The report is also required to disclose the numerical public health risk, if available,associated with the California Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) and with the PHG foreach contaminant. This health risk information document is prepared by OEHHA every three years to assist the water systems in providing the required information in their reports.
1 Health and Safety Code Section 116470(b)
2 Health and Safety Code Section 116365
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Numerical health risks: Table 1 presents health risk categories and cancer risk valuesfor chemical contaminants in drinking water that have PHGs.

The Act requires that OEHHA publish PHGs based on health risk assessments using the most current scientific methods. As defined in statute, PHGs for non-carcinogenic chemicals in drinking water are set at a concentration “at which no known or anticipatedadverse health effects will occur, with an adequate margin of safety.” For carcinogens, PHGs are set at a concentration that “does not pose any significant risk to health.” PHGs provide one basis for revising MCLs, along with cost and technological feasibility.OEHHA has been publishing PHGs since 1997 and the entire list published to date is shown in Table 1.

Table 2 presents health risk information for contaminants that do not have PHGs but have state or federal regulatory standards. The Act requires that, for chemical contaminants with California MCLs that do not yet have PHGs, water utilities use the federal Maximum Contaminant Level Goal (MCLG) for the purpose of complying with the requirement of public notification. MCLGs, like PHGs, are strictly health based and include a margin of safety. One difference, however, is that the MCLGs for carcinogensare set at zero because the US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) assumes there is no absolutely safe level of exposure to such chemicals. PHGs, on the other hand, are set at a level considered to pose no significant risk of cancer; this is usually no more than a one-in-one-million excess cancer risk (1´10-6) level for a lifetime of exposure. In Table 2, the cancer risks shown are based on the US EPA’s evaluations.

For more information on health risks: The adverse health effects for each chemicalwith a PHG are summarized in a PHG technical support document. These documentsare available on the OEHHA website (https://oehha.ca.gov/water/public-health-goals- phgs).

Table 1: Health Risk Categories and Cancer Risk Values for Chemicals with California Public Health Goals (PHGs)
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Chemical Health Risk Category1
California
PHG
(mg/L)2
Cancer
Risk3
at the
PHG
California
MCL4
(mg/L)
Cancer
Risk at the
California
MCL
Alachlor carcinogenicity
(causes cancer)

0.004 NA5,6 0.002 NA
Aluminum neurotoxicity and
immunotoxicity
(harms the nervous and
immune systems)

0.6 NA 1 NA
Antimony hepatotoxicity
(harms the liver)

0.001 NA 0.006 NA
Arsenic carcinogenicity
(causes cancer)

0.000004
(4×10-6)
1´10-6
(one per
million)

0.01 2.5´10-3
(2.5 per
thousand)
Asbestos carcinogenicity
(causes cancer)
7 MFL7
(fibers >10
microns in
length)
1´10-6 7 MFL
(fibers >10
microns in
length)
1´10-6
(one per
million)
Atrazine carcinogenicity
(causes cancer)

0.00015 1´10-6 0.001 7´10-6
(seven per
million)
1 Based on the OEHHA PHG technical support document unless otherwise specified. The categories are the hazard traits defined by OEHHA for California’s Toxics Information Clearinghouse (online at:
https://oehha.ca.gov/media/downloads/risk-assessment//gcregtext011912.pdf). 2 mg/L = milligrams per liter of water or parts per million (ppm) 3 Cancer Risk = Upper bound estimate of excess cancer risk from lifetime exposure. Actual cancer risk may be lower or zero. 1´10-6 means one excess cancer case per million people exposed. 4 MCL = maximum contaminant level.
5 NA = not applicable. Cancer risk cannot be calculated. 6 The PHG for alachlor is based on a threshold model of carcinogenesis and is set at a level that is believed to be without any significant cancer risk to individuals exposed to the chemical over a lifetime. 7 MFL = million fibers per liter of water.

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Chemical Health Risk Category1
California
PHG
(mg/L)2
Cancer
Risk3
at the
PHG
California
MCL4
(mg/L)
Cancer
Risk at the
California
MCL
Barium cardiovascular toxicity
(causes high blood
pressure)
2 NA 1 NA
Bentazon hepatotoxicity and
digestive system toxicity
(harms the liver,
intestine, and causes
body weight effects8)

0.2 NA 0.018 NA
Benzene carcinogenicity
(causes leukemia)

0.00015 1´10-6 0.001 7´10-6
(seven per
million)
Benzo[a]pyrene carcinogenicity
(causes cancer)

0.000007
(7´10-6)
1´10-6 0.0002 3´10-5
(three per
hundred
thousand)
Beryllium digestive system toxicity
(harms the stomach or
intestine)

0.001 NA 0.004 NA
Bromate carcinogenicity
(causes cancer)

0.0001 1´10-6 0.01 1´10-4
(one per
ten
thousand)
Cadmium nephrotoxicity
(harms the kidney)

0.00004 NA 0.005 NA
Carbofuran reproductive toxicity
(harms the testis)

0.0007 NA 0.018 NA
8 Body weight effects are an indicator of general toxicity in animal studies.

Table 1: Health Risk Categories and Cancer Risk Values for Chemicals with California Public Health Goals (PHGs)
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Chemical Health Risk Category1
California
PHG
(mg/L)2
Cancer
Risk3
at the
PHG
California
MCL4
(mg/L)
Cancer
Risk at the
California
MCL
Carbon
tetrachloride
carcinogenicity
(causes cancer)

0.0001 1´10-6 0.0005 5´10-6
(five per
million)
Chlordane carcinogenicity
(causes cancer)

0.00003 1´10-60.0001 3´10-6
(three per
million)
Chlorite hematotoxicity
(causes anemia)
neurotoxicity
(causes neurobehavioral
effects)

0.05 NA 1 NA
Chromium,
hexavalent
carcinogenicity
(causes cancer)

0.00002 1´10-6none NA
Copper digestive system toxicity
(causes nausea,
vomiting, diarrhea)

0.3 NA 1.3 (AL9) NA
Cyanide neurotoxicity
(damages nerves)
endocrine toxicity
(affects the thyroid)

0.15 NA 0.15 NA
Dalapon nephrotoxicity
(harms the kidney)

0.79 NA 0.2 NA
Di(2-ethylhexyl)
adipate (DEHA)
developmental toxicity
(disrupts development)

0.2 NA 0.4 NA
9 AL = action level. The action levels for copper and lead refer to a concentration measured at the tap. Much of the copper and lead in drinking water is derived from household plumbing (The Lead and Copper Rule, Title 22, California Code of Regulations [CCR] section 64672.3).

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Chemical Health Risk Category1
California
PHG
(mg/L)2
Cancer
Risk3
at the
PHG
California
MCL4
(mg/L)
Cancer
Risk at the
California
MCL
Di(2-ethylhexyl)
phthalate
(DEHP)
carcinogenicity
(causes cancer)

0.012 1´10-6 0.004 3´10-7
(three per
ten million)
1,2-Dibromo-3-
chloropropane
(DBCP)
carcinogenicity
(causes cancer)

0.000003
(3x10-6)
1´10-6

0.0002 7´10-5
(seven per
hundred
thousand)
1,2-Dichlorobenzene
(o-DCB)
hepatotoxicity
(harms the liver)

0.6 NA 0.6 NA
1,4-Dichlorobenzene
(p-DCB)
carcinogenicity
(causes cancer)

0.006 1´10-6 0.005 8´10-7
(eight per
ten million)
1,1-Dichloroethane
(1,1-DCA)
carcinogenicity
(causes cancer)

0.003 1´10-6 0.005 2´10-6
(two per
million)
1,2-Dichloroethane
(1,2-DCA)
carcinogenicity
(causes cancer)

0.0004 1´10-6 0.0005 1´10-6
(one per
million)
1,1-Dichloroethylene
(1,1-DCE)
hepatotoxicity
(harms the liver)

0.01 NA 0.006 NA
1,2-Dichloroethylene, cisnephrotoxicity
(harms the kidney)

0.013 NA 0.006 NA
1,2-Dichloroethylene, transimmunotoxicity
(harms the immune
system)

0.05 NA 0.01 NA
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Chemical Health Risk Category1
California
PHG
(mg/L)2
Cancer
Risk3
at the
PHG
California
MCL4
(mg/L)
Cancer
Risk at the
California
MCL
Dichloromethane
(methylene
chloride)
carcinogenicity
(causes cancer)

0.004 1´10-6 0.005 1´10-6
(one per
million)
2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic
acid (2,4-D)
hepatotoxicity and
nephrotoxicity
(harms the liver and
kidney)

0.02 NA 0.07 NA
1,2-Dichloropropane
(propylene
dichloride)
carcinogenicity
(causes cancer)

0.0005 1´10-6 0.005 1´10-5
(one per
hundred
thousand)
1,3-Dichloropropene
(Telone IIâ)
carcinogenicity
(causes cancer)

0.0002 1´10-6 0.0005 2´10-6
(two per
million)
Dinoseb reproductive toxicity
(harms the uterus and
testis)

0.014 NA 0.007 NA
Diquat ocular toxicity
(harms the eye)
developmental toxicity
(causes malformation)

0.006 NA 0.02 NA
Endothall digestive system toxicity
(harms the stomach or
intestine)

0.094 NA 0.1 NA
Endrin neurotoxicity
(causes convulsions)
hepatotoxicity
(harms the liver)

0.0003 NA 0.002 NA
Ethylbenzene
(phenylethane)
hepatotoxicity
(harms the liver)

0.3 NA 0.3 NA
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Chemical Health Risk Category1
California
PHG
(mg/L)2
Cancer
Risk3
at the
PHG
California
MCL4
(mg/L)
Cancer
Risk at the
California
MCL
Ethylene
dibromide (1,2-
Dibromoethane)
carcinogenicity
(causes cancer)

0.00001 1´10-6 0.00005 5´10-6
(five per
million)
Fluoride musculoskeletal toxicity
(causes tooth mottling)
1 NA 2 NA
Glyphosate nephrotoxicity
(harms the kidney)

0.9 NA 0.7 NA
Heptachlor carcinogenicity
(causes cancer)

0.000008
(8×10-6)
1´10-6

0.00001 1´10-6
(one per
million)
Heptachlor
epoxide
carcinogenicity
(causes cancer)

0.000006
(6×10-6) 1´10-6 0.00001 2´10-6
(two per
million)
Hexachlorobenzenecarcinogenicity
(causes cancer)

0.00003 1´10-6 0.001 3´10-5
(three per
hundred
thousand)
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene
(HCCPD)
digestive system toxicity
(causes stomach
lesions)

0.002 NA 0.05 NA
Lead developmental
neurotoxicity
(causes neurobehavioral
effects in children)
cardiovascular toxicity
(causes high blood
pressure)
carcinogenicity
(causes cancer)

0.0002 <1´10-6
(PHG is
not based
on this
effect)

0.015
(AL9)
2´10-6
(two per
million)
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Chemical Health Risk Category1
California
PHG
(mg/L)2
Cancer
Risk3
at the
PHG
California
MCL4
(mg/L)
Cancer
Risk at the
California
MCL
Lindane
(g-BHC)
carcinogenicity
(causes cancer)

0.000032 1´10-6 0.0002 6´10-6
(six per
million)
Mercury
(inorganic)
nephrotoxicity
(harms the kidney)

0.0012 NA 0.002 NA
Methoxychlor endocrine toxicity
(causes hormone
effects)

0.00009 NA 0.03 NA
Methyl tertiarybutyl ether
(MTBE)
carcinogenicity
(causes cancer)

0.013 1´10-60.013 1´10-6
(one per
million)
Molinate carcinogenicity
(causes cancer)

0.001 1´10-6 0.02 2´10-5
(two per
hundred
thousand)
Monochlorobenzene
(chlorobenzene)
nephrotoxicity
(harms the kidney)

0.07 NA 0.07 NA
Nickel developmental toxicity
(causes increased
neonatal deaths)

0.012 NA 0.1 NA
Nitrate hematotoxicity
(causes
methemoglobinemia)
45 as
nitrate
NA 10 as
nitrogen
(=45 as
nitrate)
NA
Nitrite hematotoxicity
(causes
methemoglobinemia)
3 as
nitrite
NA 1 as
nitrogen
(=3 as
nitrite)
NA
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Chemical Health Risk Category1
California
PHG
(mg/L)2
Cancer
Risk3
at the
PHG
California
MCL4
(mg/L)
Cancer
Risk at the
California
MCL
Nitrate and
Nitrite
hematotoxicity
(causes
methemoglobinemia)
10 as
nitrogen10
NA 10 as
nitrogen
NA
N-nitrosodimethyl-amine
(NDMA)
carcinogenicity
(causes cancer)

0.000003
(3´10-6)
1×10-6 none NA
Oxamyl general toxicity
(causes body weight
effects)

0.026 NA 0.05 NA
Pentachlorophenol (PCP)carcinogenicity
(causes cancer)

0.0003 1´10-6 0.001 3´10-6
(three per
million)
Perchlorate endocrine toxicity
(affects the thyroid)
developmental toxicity
(causes neurodevelopmental deficits)

0.001 NA 0.006 NA
Picloram hepatotoxicity
(harms the liver)

0.166 NA 0.5 NA
Polychlorinated
biphenyls
(PCBs)
carcinogenicity
(causes cancer)

0.00009 1´10-6 0.0005 6´10-6
(six per
million)
Radium-226 carcinogenicity
(causes cancer)

0.05 pCi/L 1´10-6 5 pCi/L
(combined
Ra226+228)
1´10-4
(one per
ten
thousand)
10 The joint nitrate/nitrite PHG of 10 mg/L (10 ppm, expressed as nitrogen) does not replace the individual values, and the maximum contribution from nitrite should not exceed 1 mg/L nitrite-nitrogen.

Table 1: Health Risk Categories and Cancer Risk Values for Chemicals with California Public Health Goals (PHGs)
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Chemical Health Risk Category1
California
PHG
(mg/L)2
Cancer
Risk3
at the
PHG
California
MCL4
(mg/L)
Cancer
Risk at the
California
MCL
Radium-228 carcinogenicity
(causes cancer)

0.019 pCi/L 1´10-6 5 pCi/L
(combined
Ra226+228)
3´10-4
(three per
ten
thousand)
Selenium integumentary toxicity
(causes hair loss and
nail damage)

0.03 NA 0.05 NA
Silvex (2,4,5-TP) hepatotoxicity
(harms the liver)

0.003 NA 0.05 NA
Simazine general toxicity
(causes body weight
effects)

0.004 NA 0.004 NA
Strontium-90 carcinogenicity
(causes cancer)

0.35 pCi/L 1×10-6 8 pCi/L 2´10-5
(two per
hundred
thousand)
Styrene
(vinylbenzene)
carcinogenicity
(causes cancer)

0.0005 1×10-6 0.1 2´10-4
(two per
ten
thousand)
1,1,2,2-
Tetrachloroethane
carcinogenicity
(causes cancer)

0.0001 1´10-6 0.001 1´10-5
(one per
hundred
thousand)
2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-pdioxin (TCDD, or
dioxin)
carcinogenicity
(causes cancer) 5´10-11 1´10-6 3´10-8 6´10-4
(six per ten
thousand)
Table 1: Health Risk Categories and Cancer Risk Values for Chemicals with California Public Health Goals (PHGs)
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Chemical Health Risk Category1
California
PHG
(mg/L)2
Cancer
Risk3
at the
PHG
California
MCL4
(mg/L)
Cancer
Risk at the
California
MCL
Tetrachloroethylene
(perchloroethylene, or
PCE)
carcinogenicity
(causes cancer)

0.00006 1´10-6 0.005 8´10-5
(eight per
hundred
thousand)
Thallium integumentary toxicity
(causes hair loss)

0.0001 NA 0.002 NA
Thiobencarb general toxicity
(causes body weight
effects)
hematotoxicity
(affects red blood cells)

0.042 NA 0.07 NA
Toluene
(methylbenzene)
hepatotoxicity
(harms the liver)
endocrine toxicity
(harms the thymus)

0.15 NA 0.15 NA
Toxaphene carcinogenicity
(causes cancer)

0.00003 1´10-6 0.003 1´10-4
(one per
ten
thousand)
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzeneendocrine toxicity
(harms adrenal glands)

0.005 NA 0.005 NA
1,1,1-Trichloroethaneneurotoxicity
(harms the nervous
system),
reproductive toxicity
(causes fewer offspring)
hepatotoxicity
(harms the liver)
hematotoxicity
(causes blood effects)
1 NA 0.2 NA
Table 1: Health Risk Categories and Cancer Risk Values for Chemicals with California Public Health Goals (PHGs)
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Water Toxicology Section
February 2022 13
Chemical Health Risk Category1
California
PHG
(mg/L)2
Cancer
Risk3
at the
PHG
California
MCL4
(mg/L)
Cancer
Risk at the
California
MCL
1,1,2-Trichloroethanecarcinogenicity
(causes cancer)

0.0003 1x10-6 0.005 2´10-5
(two per
hundred
thousand)
Trichloroethylene (TCE)carcinogenicity
(causes cancer)

0.0017 1´10-60.005 3´10-6
(three per
million)
Trichlorofluoromethane
(Freon 11)
accelerated mortality
(increase in early death)

1.3 NA 0.15 NA
1,2,3-Trichloropropane
(1,2,3-TCP)
carcinogenicity
(causes cancer)

0.0000007
(7×10-7)
1x10-6 0.000005
(5×10-6)
7´10-6
(seven per
million)
1,1,2-Trichloro1,2,2-trifluoroethane
(Freon 113)
hepatotoxicity
(harms the liver)
4 NA 1.2 NA
Trihalomethanes:

Bromodichloromethane
carcinogenicity
(causes cancer)

0.00006 1x10-6 0.080* 1.3´10-3
(1.3 per
thousand)11
Trihalomethanes:

Bromoform
carcinogenicity
(causes cancer)

0.0005 1x10-6 0.080* 2´10-4
(two per ten
thousand)12
* For total trihalomethanes (the sum of bromodichloromethane, bromoform, chloroform, and dibromochloromethane). There are no MCLs for individual trihalomethanes. 11 Based on 0.080 mg/L bromodichloromethane; the risk will vary with different combinations and ratios of the other trihalomethanes in a particular sample.
12 Based on 0.080 mg/L bromoform; the risk will vary with different combinations and ratios of the other trihalomethanes in a particular sample.

Chloroform
carcinogenicity
(causes cancer)

0.0004 1x10-6 0.080* 2´10-4
(two per ten
thousand)13
Trihalomethanes:

Dibromochloromethane
carcinogenicity
(causes cancer)

0.0001 1x10-6 0.080* 8´10-4
(eight
per ten
thousand)14
Tritium carcinogenicity
(causes cancer)
400 pCi/L 1x10-6 20,000
pCi/L 5´10-5
(five per
hundred
thousand)
Uranium carcinogenicity
(causes cancer)

0.43 pCi/L 1´10-6 20 pCi/L 5´10-5
(five per
hundred
thousand)
Vinyl chloride carcinogenicity
(causes cancer)

0.00005 1´10-6 0.0005 1´10-5
(one per
hundred
thousand)
Xylene neurotoxicity
(affects the senses,
mood, and motor
control)

1.8 (single
isomer or
sum of
isomers)
NA 1.75 (single
isomer or
sum of
isomers)
NA
* For total trihalomethanes (the sum of bromodichloromethane, bromoform, chloroform, and dibromochloromethane). There are no MCLs for individual trihalomethanes. 13 Based on 0.080 mg/L chloroform; the risk will vary with different combinations and ratios of the other trihalomethanes in a particular sample.
14 Based on 0.080 mg/L dibromochloromethane; the risk will vary with different combinations and ratios of the other trihalomethanes in a particular sample.

Table 2: Health Risk Categories and Cancer Risk Values for Chemicals without California Public Health Goals
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Chemical Health Risk Category1
US EPA
MCLG2
(mg/L)
Cancer
Risk3
at the
MCLG
California
MCL4
(mg/L)
Cancer
Risk at the
California
MCL
Disinfection byproducts (DBPs)
Chloramines acute toxicity
(causes irritation)
digestive system toxicity
(harms the stomach)
hematotoxicity
(causes anemia)
45,6 NA7 none NA
Chlorine acute toxicity
(causes irritation)
digestive system toxicity
(harms the stomach)
45,6 NA none NA
Chlorine dioxide hematotoxicity
(causes anemia)
neurotoxicity
(harms the nervous
system)

0.85,6 NA none NA
Disinfection byproducts: haloacetic acids (HAA5)
Monochloroacetic
acid (MCA)
general toxicity
(causes body and organ
weight changes8)

0.07 NA none NA
1 Health risk category based on the US EPA MCLG document or California MCL document unless otherwise specified.
2 MCLG = maximum contaminant level goal established by US EPA. 3 Cancer Risk = Upper estimate of excess cancer risk from lifetime exposure. Actual cancer risk may be lower or zero. 1´10-6 means one excess cancer case per million people exposed. 4 California MCL = maximum contaminant level established by California. 5 Maximum Residual Disinfectant Level Goal, or MRDLG.
6 The federal Maximum Residual Disinfectant Level (MRDL), or highest level of disinfectant allowed in drinking water, is the same value for this chemical. 7 NA = not available.
8 Body weight effects are an indicator of general toxicity in animal studies.

0.02 NA none NA
Monobromoacetic
acid (MBA)
NA none NA none NA
Dibromoacetic
acid (DBA)
NA none NA none NA
Total haloacetic
acids (sum of

MCA, DCA, TCA,
MBA, and DBA)
general toxicity,
hepatotoxicity and
carcinogenicity
(causes body and organ
weight changes, harms
the liver and causes
cancer)
none NA 0.06 NA
Radionuclides
Gross alpha
particles9
carcinogenicity
(causes cancer)
0 (
210Po
included)
0 15 pCi/L10
(includes
radium but
not radon
and
uranium)
up to 1x10-3
(for 210Po,
the most
potent alpha
emitter)
9 MCLs for gross alpha and beta particles are screening standards for a group of radionuclides.

Corresponding PHGs were not developed for gross alpha and beta particles. See the OEHHA memoranda discussing the cancer risks at these MCLs at
http://www.oehha.ca.gov/water/reports/grossab.html. 10 pCi/L = picocuries per liter of water.

ATTACHMENT NO. 2
2022 Health Risk Information for Public Health Goal
Exceedance Reports
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Water Toxicology Section
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Chemical Health Risk Category1
US EPA
MCLG2
(mg/L)
Cancer
Risk3
at the
MCLG
California
MCL4
(mg/L)
Cancer
Risk at the
California
MCL
Beta particles
and photon
emitters9
carcinogenicity
(causes cancer)
0 (
210Pb
included)
0 50 pCi/L
(judged
equiv. to 4
mrem/yr)
up to 2x10-3
(for 210Pb,
the most
potent betaemitter)
*Contact information is available on the last page of this report.

KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL WATER QUALITY QUESTIONS, CONTACT JACK MIYAMOTO, LEAD CHEMIST AT (310) 434-2672

CITY OF SANTA MONICA WATER RESOURCES DIVISION
SUMMARY OF RESULTS FOR PRIMARY DRINKING WATER STANDARDS FOR 2019 LOCAL IMPORTED IMPORTED Dates Meets MAJOR SOURCES
PHG/ State WELL WATER SM WELL #1(a) SURFACE WATER SURFACE WATER Sampled Std IN DRINKING WATER Parameter [MCLG]/ MCL/ Arcadia Plant Weymouth Plant Jensen Plant if other {MRDLG} {MRDL} Average Range Average Range Average Range Average Range than 2019(b)

PRIMARY DRINKING WATER STANDARDS (MANDATORY HEALTH-RELATED STANDARDS) Clarity
Maximum Turbidity (NTU) NS 95% < 0.3 N/A N/A N/A N/A 0.06 100% ≤ 0.3 0.04 100% ≤ 0.3 Y Soil runoff Microbiological
Total Coliform Bacteria [0] 5% City-wide Maximum: 0 Positive Samples Y Naturally present in the environment (% positive samples/month)
Fecal Coliform/E. Coli [0] (c) City-wide Maximum: 0 Positive Samples Y Human and animal fecal waste Organic Chemical
Methyl tert-Butyl Ether (MTBE) (ppb) 13 13(5*) ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND Y Leaking underground storage tanks Trichloroethylene (ppb) 1.7 5 0.5 0.4 - 0.7 ND ND ND ND ND ND Y Discharge from metal degreasing sites Disinfection
Byproducts & Residuals
Total Trihalomethanes (ppb) NS 80 City-wide LR41A: 16 Range: 4 - 55 Y By-product of drinking water chlorination Haloacetic Acids (ppb) NS 60 City-wide LRAA: 2 Range: ND - 9 Y By-product of drinking water chlorination Total Chlorine/Chloramines (ppm) {4} {4} City-wide Average: 1.2 Range: 0.2 - 2.4 Y Drinking water disinfectant added for treatment Bromate (ppb) 0.1 10 N/A N/A N/A N/A 5.6 1.6 - 8.4 1.9 ND - 8.1 Y By-product of drinking water ozonation Total Organic Carbon N/A TT N/A N/A N/A N/A 2.3 2.0 - 2.5 2.4 1.7 - 2.6 Inorganic Chemicals
Aluminum (ppm) 0.6 1 (0.2*) ND ND 0.02 0.02 0.058 ND - 0.29 0.12 ND - 0.11 Y Erosion of natural deposits; used in water treatment process Arsenic (ppb) 0.004 10 ND ND 1.2 1.2 ND ND ND ND Y Erosion of natural deposits Barium (ppm) 2 1 0.02 0.02 0.06 0.06 ND ND ND ND Y Discharge from oil and metal industries; Erosion of natural deposits Chromium [Total] (ppb) [100] 50 ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND Y Discharge from steel and pulp mills; natural deposits erosion Chromium 6 (ppb) 0.02 NS 0.2 0.2 1.8 1.8 ND ND ND ND Y Naturally occuring; industrial waste discharge Copper (d) (ppm) 0.3 AL=1.3 (1.0*) Y Corrosion of household plumbing systems Fluoride After Treatment (ppm) 1 2 Y Water additive for dental health Lead (d) (ppb) 0.2 AL=15 City-wide 90th percentile 2.8 0 site out of 34 exceeded the AL (e) Y Corrosion of household plumbing systems Nitrate (as N) (ppm) 10 10 0.7 0.6 - 0.8 2.9 2.7 - 3.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 Y Runoff from fertilizer use; leaching from sewage; erosion of natural deposits
Perchlorate (ppb) 1 6 ND ND 1.0 1.0 ND ND ND ND Y Industrial waste discharge Radionuclides
Alpha emitters (pCi/L) [0] 15 4.2 4.2 ND ND ND ND - 3 ND ND Y Erosion of natural deposits Beta/photon emitters (pCi/L) [0] 50 N/A N/A N/A N/A ND ND ND ND Y Decay of natural and man-made deposits Combined Radium (pCi/L) [0] 5 ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND Y Erosion of natural deposits Uranium (pCi/L) 0.43 20 2.2 2.1 -2.5 0.8 0.8 ND ND -1 ND ND Y Erosion of natural deposits Highest percent of monthly samples positive was 0.69% Range: ND - 0.69% No violations City-wide Maximum: 0 Positive Samples
City-wide LRAA: 12.9 Range: 4.5 - 41.7
City-wide LRAA: 2.0 Range: ND - 7.4
City-wide Average: 1.58 Range: ND - 3.0
City-wide, 90th percentile: 0.30 0 sites out of 30 exceeded the AL Control Range: 0.6 - 1.2 Citywide Range: 0.6 - 0.9
City-wide, 90th percentile: 2.30 0 sites out of 30 exceeded the AL Primary Drinking Water Standards = MCLs and MRDLs for contaminants that affect health along with their monitoring and reporting requirements, and water treatment requirements.

PHG = Public Health Goal, The level of a contaminant in drinking water below which there is no known or expected risk to health. PHGs are set by the California Environmental Protection Agency.

MCLG = Maximum Contaminant Level Goal, The level of a contaminant in drinking water below which there is no known or expected risk to health. MCLGs are set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

MCL = Maximum Contaminant Level, The highest level of a contaminant that is allowed in drinking water. Primary MCLs are set as close to the PHGs (or MCLGs) as is economically and technologically feasible. Secondary MCLs are set to protect the odor, taste, and appearance of drinking water.

MRDL = Maximum Residual Disinfectant Level, The highest level of a disinfectant allowed in drinking water. There is convincing evidence that addition of a disinfectant is necessary for control of microbial contaminants.

MRDLG = Maximum Residual Disinfectant Level Goal, The level of a drinking water disinfectant below which there is no known or expected risk to health. MRDLGs do not reflect the benefits of the use of disinfectants to control microbial contaminants.

LRAA = Locational Running Annual Average. The running annual average is based on monitoring location.

AL = Regulatory Action Level: The concentration of a contaminant which, if exceeded, triggers treatment or other requirements that a water system must follow.

N/A = Not Applicable
NS = No Standard
ND = Monitored for but Not Detected
NTU = Nephelometric Turbidity Units - used to measure cloudiness of drinking water.

TT = Treatment Technique: A required process intended to reduce the level of a contaminant in drinking water.

Variances and Exemptions: State Board permission to exceed an MCL or not comply with a treatment technique under certain conditions.
ppb = parts per billion, or micrograms per liter (µg/l) ppm = parts per million, or milligrams per liter (mg/l) pCi/L = picocuries per liter
* = secondary standard
(a) = SM Well#1 is pumped into a transmission line, is blended with Imported Surface Water and enters the system at 19th St. & Idaho Ave.
(b) = The City is not required to test for every parameter each year. If indicated, data is from a previous year. (c) = Two consecutive Total Coliform-positive samples, one of which contains Fecal Coliform / E. Coli constitutes an acute MCL violation. No violations occurred for 2019.
(d) = The MCL has been replaced with a treatment technique requiring agencies to optimize corrosion control.

Results given are from first draw, at-the-tap monitoring performed every three years.

KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL WATER QUALITY QUESTIONS, CONTACT JACK MIYAMOTO, LEAD CHEMIST AT (310) 434-2672

CITY OF SANTA MONICA WATER RESOURCES DIVISION
SUMMARY OF RESULTS FOR PRIMARY DRINKING WATER STANDARDS FOR 2020 LOCAL IMPORTED IMPORTED Dates Meets MAJOR SOURCES
PHG/ State WELL WATER SM WELL #1(a) SURFACE WATER SURFACE WATER Sampled Std IN DRINKING WATER Parameter [MCLG]/ MCL/ Arcadia Plant Jensen Plant Weymouth Plant if other {MRDLG} {MRDL} Average Range Average Range Average Range Average Range than 2020(b)

PRIMARY DRINKING WATER STANDARDS (MANDATORY HEALTH-RELATED STANDARDS) Clarity
Maximum Turbidity (NTU) NS 95% < 0.3 N/A N/A N/A N/A 0.04 100% ≤ 0.3 0.04 100% ≤ 0.3 Y Soil runoff Microbiological
Total Coliform Bacteria [0] 5% City-wide Maximum: 0 Positive Samples Y Naturally present in the environment (% positive samples/month)
Fecal Coliform/E. Coli [0] (c) City-wide Maximum: 0 Positive Samples Y Human and animal fecal waste Organic Chemical
Methyl tert-Butyl Ether (MTBE) (ppb) 13 13(5*) ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND Y Leaking underground storage tanks Trichloroethylene (ppb) 1.7 5 0.3 ND - 0.6 ND ND ND ND ND ND Y Discharge from metal degreasing sites Disinfection
Byproducts & Residuals
Total Trihalomethanes (ppb) NS 80 City-wide LR41A: 16 Range: 4 - 55 Y By-product of drinking water chlorination Haloacetic Acids (ppb) NS 60 City-wide LRAA: 2 Range: ND - 9 Y By-product of drinking water chlorination Total Chlorine/Chloramines (ppm) {4} {4} City-wide Average: 1.2 Range: 0.2 - 2.4 Y Drinking water disinfectant added for treatment Bromate (ppb) 0.1 10 N/A N/A N/A N/A 4.4 1.4 - 6.0 2 ND - 4.2 Y By-product of drinking water ozonation Total Organic Carbon N/A TT N/A N/A N/A N/A 2.2 1.8 - 2.3 2.4 2.1 - 2.6 Inorganic Chemicals
Aluminum (ppm) 0.6 1 (0.2*) ND ND 0.02 0.02 0.116** ND - 0.220 0.149** 0.008 - 0.210 Y Erosion of natural deposits; used in water treatment process Arsenic (ppb) 0.004 10 ND ND 1.4 1.4 ND ND ND ND Y Erosion of natural deposits Barium (ppm) 2 1 0.02 0.02 0.06 0.06 ND ND ND ND Y Discharge from oil and metal industries; Erosion of natural deposits Chromium (ppb) [100] 50 ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND Y Discharge from steel and pulp mills; natural deposits erosion Chromium 6 (ppb) 0.02 NS 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.5 ND ND ND ND Y Naturally occuring; industrial waste discharge Copper (d) (ppm) 0.3 AL=1.3 (1.0*) 2019 Y Corrosion of household plumbing systems Fluoride After Treatment (ppm) 1 2 Y Water additive for dental health Lead (d) (ppb) 0.2 AL=15 City-wide 90th percentile 2.8 0 site out of 34 exceeded the AL (e) 2019 Y Corrosion of household plumbing systems Nitrate (as N) (ppm) 10 10 0.6 0.4 - 0.7 3.8 3.7 - 4.0 ND ND ND ND Y Runoff from fertilizer use; leaching from sewage; erosion of natural deposits
Perchlorate (ppb) 1 6 ND ND 1.9 1.9 ND ND ND ND Y Industrial waste discharge Radionuclides
Alpha emitters (pCi/L) [0] 15 2.9 ND - 5.8 ND ND ND ND ND ND Y Erosion of natural deposits Beta/photon emitters (pCi/L) [0] 50 N/A N/A N/A N/A ND ND ND ND Y Decay of natural and man-made deposits Combined Radium (pCi/L) [0] 5 ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND Y Erosion of natural deposits Uranium (pCi/L) 0.43 20 2.3 1.5 -3.3 1.1 1.1 ND ND -3 2 1 - 3 Y Erosion of natural deposits City-wide Highest Monthly: 1.60% Range: ND - 1.60% No violations City-wide Maximum: 0 Positive Samples
City-wide LRAA: 15.9 Range: 4.6 - 33.9
City-wide LRAA: 2.0 Range: ND - 7.8
City-wide Average: 2.30 Range: ND - 2.9
City-wide, 90th percentile: 0.30 0 sites out of 30 exceeded the AL Control Range: 0.6 - 1.2 City-wide Range: 0.6 - 1.0
City-wide, 90th percentile: 2.30 0 sites out of 30 exceeded the AL (d) PDWS = Primary Drinking Water Standards are MCLs and MRDLs for contaminants that affect health along with their monitoring and reporting requirements, and water treatment requirements.

PHG = Public Health Goal, The level of a contaminant in drinking water below which there is no known or expected risk to health. PHGs are set by the California Environmental Protection Agency.

MCL = Maximum Contaminant Level, The highest level of a contaminant that is allowed in drinking water.

Primary MCLs are set as close to the PHGs (or MCLGs) as is economically and technologically feasible.

Secondary MCLs are set to protect the odor, taste, and appearance of drinking water.

MRDL = Maximum Residual Disinfectant Level is the highest level of a disinfectant allowed in drinking water.

There is convincing evidence that addition of a disinfectant is necessary for control of microbial contaminants.

MRDLG = Maximum Residual Disinfectant Level Goal is the level of a drinking water disinfectant below which there is no known or expected risk to health. MRDLGs do not reflect the benefits of the use of disinfectants to control microbial contaminants.

LRAA = Locational Running Annual Average. The running annual average is based on monitoring location.

AL = Regulatory Action Level is the concentration of a contaminant which, if exceeded, triggers treatment or other requirements that a water system must follow.

N/A = Not Applicable
NS = No Standard
ND = Monitored for but Not Detected
NTU = Nephelometric Turbidity Units - used to measure cloudiness of drinking water.

TT = Treatment Technique is a required process intended to reduce the level of a contaminant in drinking water. ppb = parts per billion, or micrograms per liter (µg/l) ppm = parts per million, or milligrams per liter (mg/l) pCi/L = picocuries per liter
* = secondary standard
** = Highest Running Annual Average (RAA)
(a) = SM Well#1 is pumped into a transmission line, is blended with Imported Surface Water and enters the system at 19th St. & Idaho Ave.
(b) = The City is not required to test for every parameter each year. If indicated, data is from a previous year. (c) = Two consecutive Total Coliform-positive samples, one of which contains Fecal Coliform / E. Coli constitutes an acute MCL violation. No violations occurred for 2020. (d) = The MCL has been replaced with a treatment technique requiring agencies to optimize corrosion control. Results given are from first draw, at-the-tap monitoring performed every three years. erosion of natural deposits
*Contact information is available on the last page of this report.

KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS

CITY OF SANTA MONICA WATER RESOURCES DIVISION
Summary of Results for Primary Drinking Water Standards for 2021 PDWS = Primary Drinking Water Standards are MCLs and MRDLs for contaminants that affect health along with their monitoring and reporting requirements, and water treatment requirements.

PHG = Public Health Goal is the level of a contaminant in drinking water below which there is no known or expected risk to health. PHGs are set by the California Environmental Protection Agency.

MCLG = Maximum Contaminant Level Goal is the level of a contaminant in drinking water below which there is no known or expected risk to health. MCLGs are set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

MCL = Maximum Contaminant Level is the highest level of a contaminant that is allowed in drinking water. Primary MCLs are set as close to the PHGs (or MCLGs) as is economically and technologically feasible. Secondary MCLs are set to protect the odor, taste, and appearance of drinking water.

MRDL = Maximum Residual Disinfectant Level is the highest level of a disinfectant allowed in drinking water. There is convincing evidence that addition of a disinfectant is necessary for control of microbial contaminants.

LRAA = Locational Running Annual Average. The running annual average is based on monitoring location.

AL = Regulatory Action Level is the concentration of a contaminant which, if exceeded, triggers treatment or other requirements that a water system must follow.

NA = Not Applicable
ND = Monitored for but Not Detected
NS = No Standard
NTU = Nephelometric Turbidity Units - used to measure cloudiness of drinking water.

TT = Treatment Technique: A required process intended to reduce the level of a contaminant in drinking water. ppb = parts per billion, or micrograms per liter (µg/l) ppm = parts per million, or milligrams per liter (mg/l) pCi/L = picocuries per liter
* = secondary standard
** = Highest Running Average (RAA)
(a) = SM Well#1 is pumped into a transmission line, is blended with Imported Surface Water and enters the system at 19th St. & Idaho Ave.
(b) = The City is not required to test for every parameter each year. If indicated, data is from a previous year. (c) = The E. coli MCL is based on routine and repeat samples testing positive for coliforms and/or E. coli or failure to collect required repeat samples. Fecal Coliform/E. Coli constitutes an acute MCL violation. No Level 1 Assessments or MCL violations occurred for 2021.
(d) = The MCL has been replaced with a treatment technique requiring agencies to optimize corrosion control.

Results given are from first draw, at-the-tap monitoring performed every three years.

FOR ADDITIONAL WATER QUALITY QUESTIONS CONTACT THE LEAD CHEMIST, CLEMENT DO, AT (310) 434-2672.

LOCAL IMPORTED IMPORTED Dates Meets MAJOR SOURCES
PHG/ State WELL WATER SM WELL #1(a) SURFACE WATER SURFACE WATER Sampled Std IN DRINKING WATER PARAMETER [MCLG]/ MCL/ Arcadia Plant Weymouth Plant Jensen Plant if other {MRDLG} {MRDL} Average Range Average Range Average Range Average Range than 2021(b) Clarity
Maximum Turbidity (NTU) NS 95% < 0.3 N/A N/A N/A N/A 0.03 100% ≤ 0.3 0.03 100% ≤ 0.3 Y Soil runoff Microbiological
Total Coliform Bacteria [0] 5% City-wide Maximum: 0 Positive Samples Y Naturally present in the environment (% positive samples/month)
Fecal Coliform/E. Coli [0] (c) City-wide Maximum: 0 Positive Samples Y Human and animal fecal waste Organic Chemical
Methyl tert-Butyl Ether (MTBE) (ppb) 13 13(5*) ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND Y Leaking underground storage tanks Trichloroethylene (ppb) 1.7 5 0.4 ND - 0.7 ND ND ND ND ND ND Y Discharge from metal degreasing sites Disinfection
Byproducts & Residuals
Total Trihalomethanes (ppb) NS 80 City-wide LR41A: 16 Range: 4 - 55 Y By-product of drinking water chlorination Haloacetic Acids (ppb) NS 60 City-wide LRAA: 2 Range: ND - 9 Y By-product of drinking water chlorination Total Chlorine/Chloramines (ppm) {4} {4} City-wide Average: 1.2 Range: 0.2 - 2.4 Y Drinking water disinfectant added for treatment Bromate (ppb) 0.1 10 N/A N/A N/A N/A 4.5 1.2 - 9.8 ND ND - 7.0 Y By-product of drinking water ozonation Total Organic Carbon (ppm) N/A TT N/A N/A N/A N/A 2.0 1.1 - 2.0 2.4 1.8 - 2.5 Inorganic Chemicals
Aluminum (ppm) 0.6 1 (0.2*) ND ND 0.01 0.01 0.064** ND - 0.120 0.148** ND - 0.240 Y Erosion of natural deposits; used in water treatment process Arsenic (ppb) 0.004 10 ND ND-0.5 1.0 1.0 ND ND ND ND Y Erosion of natural deposits Barium (ppm) 2 1 0.02 0.02 0.05 0.05 ND ND 110 110 Y Discharge from oil and metal industries; Erosion of natural deposits Chromium (ppb) [100] 50 ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND Y Discharge from steel and pulp mills; natural deposits erosion Chromium 6 (ppb) 0.02 NS 0.2 0.2 1.7 1.7 ND ND ND ND Y Naturally occuring; industrial waste discharge Copper (d) (ppm) 0.3 AL=1.3 (1.0*) 2019 Y Corrosion of household plumbing systems Fluoride After Treatment (ppm) 1 2 Y Water additive for dental health Lead (d) (ppb) 0.2 AL=15 2019 Y Corrosion of household plumbing systems Nitrate (as N) (ppm) 10 10 0.5 0.4 - 0.7 3.6 3.1 - 3.9 ND ND ND ND Y Runoff from fertilizer use; leaching from sewage; erosion of natural deposits Perchlorate (ppb) 1 6 ND ND 1.0 1.0 ND ND ND ND Y Industrial waste discharge Radionuclides
Alpha emitters (pCi/L) [0] 15 ND ND 3.3 3.3 ND ND ND ND Y Erosion of natural deposits Beta/photon emitters (pCi/L) [0] 50 NA NA NA NA ND ND 5 4-6 Y Decay of natural and man-made deposits Combined Radium (pCi/L) [0] 5 ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND Y Erosion of natural deposits Uranium (pCi/L) 0.43 20 2.5 1.9 -3.7 0.8 0.8 ND ND -3 2 1-3 Y Erosion of natural deposits Citywide Highest Monthly 0.69% Range: ND - 0.69% No violations Citywide Maximum: 0 Positive Samples
Citywide LRAA: 23.6 Range: 5.1 - 70.1
Citywide LRAA: 3.1 Range: ND - 10.4
Citywide Average: 1.80 Range: ND - 3.2
Citywide, 90th percentile: 0.30 0 sites out of 30 exceeded the AL Control Range: 0.6 - 1.2 Citywide Range: 0.6 - 1.1
Citywide, 90th percentile: 2.30 0 sites out of 30 exceeded the AL (d)

PRIMARY DRINKING WATER STANDARDS (MANDATORY HEALTH-RELATED STANDARDS)

SURFACE WATER
Weymouth Plant
Average Range

SURFACE WATER
Jensen Plant
erage Range

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ATTACHMENT NO. 3
Table 1
Reference: 2012 ACWA PHG Survey

COST ESTIMATES FOR TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES
(INCLUDES ANNUALIZED CAPITAL AND O&M COSTS)
No. Treatment
Technology Source of Information
Estimated Unit Cost
2012 ACWA Survey
Indexed to 2021*
($/1,000 gallons treated)
1 Ion Exchange Coachella Valley WD, for GW, to reduce Arsenic concentrations. 2011 costs. 2.40
2 Ion Exchange City of Riverside Public Utilities, for GW, for Perchlorate treatment. 1.16
3 Ion Exchange
Carollo Engineers, anonymous utility, 2012 costs for
treating GW source for Nitrates. Design souce water
concentration: 88 mg/L NO3. Design finished water
concentration: 45 mg/L NO3. Does not include
concentrate disposal or land cost. 0.88
4 Granular
Activated Carbon
City of Riverside Public Utilities, GW sources, for TCE, DBCP (VOC, SOC) treatment.

0.58 5 Granular
Activated Carbon
Carollo Engineers, anonymous utility, 2012 costs for
treating SW source for TTHMs. Design souce water
concentration: 0.135 mg/L. Design finished water
concentration: 0.07 mg/L. Does not include concentrate
disposal or land cost. 0.42
6 Granular
Activated Carbon,
Liquid Phase
LADWP, Liquid Phase GAC treatment at Tujunga Well
field. Costs for treating 2 wells. Treament for 1,1 DCE (VOC). 2011-2012 costs.

1.78 7 Reverse Osmosis
Carollo Engineers, anonymous utility, 2012 costs for
treating GW source for Nitrates. Design souce water
concentration: 88 mg/L NO3. Design finished water
concentration: 45 mg/L NO3. Does not include
concentrate disposal or land cost. 0.94
8 Packed Tower
Aeration
City of Monrovia, treatment to reduce TCE, PCE
concentrations. 2011-12 costs. 0.52
9 Ozonation+
Chemical addition
SCVWD, STWTP treatment plant includes chemical
addition + ozone generation costs to reduce THM/HAAs
concentrations. 2009-2012 costs. 0.11

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COST ESTIMATES FOR TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES
(INCLUDES ANNUALIZED CAPITAL AND O&M COSTS)
No. Treatment
Technology Source of Information
Estimated Unit Cost
2012 ACWA Survey
Indexed to 2021*
($/1,000 gallons treated)
10 Ozonation+
Chemical addition
SCVWD, PWTP treatment plant includes chemical
addition + ozone generation costs to reduce THM/HAAs
concentrations, 2009-2012 costs. 0.23
11 Coagulation/Filtra
tion
Soquel WD, treatment to reduce manganese
concentrations in GW. 2011 costs. 0.88
12 Coagulation/Filtra
tion Optimization
San Diego WA, costs to reduce THM/Bromate,
Turbidity concentrations, raw SW a blend of State
Water Project water and Colorado River water, treated
at Twin Oaks Valley WTP. 1.00
13 Blending (Well) Rancho California WD, GW blending well, 1150 gpm, to reduce fluoride concentrations. 0.83
14 Blending (Wells) Rancho California WD, GW blending wells, to reduce arsenic concentrations, 2012 costs. 0.68
15 Blending Rancho California WD, using MWD water to blend with GW to reduce arsenic concentrations. 2012 costs. 0.81
16 Corrosion
Inhibition
Atascadero Mutual WC, corrosion inhibitor addition to
control aggressive water. 2011 costs. 0.10
*Costs were adjusted from date of original estimates to present, where appropriate, using the Engineering News Record (ENR) annual average Construction Cost Index of 12,1332021

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ATTACHMENT NO. 3
Table 2
Reference: Other Agencies

COST ESTIMATES FOR TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES
(INCLUDES ANNUALIZED CAPITAL AND O&M COSTS)
No. Treatment
Technology Source of Information
Estimated 2012 Unit Cost
Indexed to 2021* ($/1,000
gallons treated)
1 Reduction -
CoagulationFiltration
Reference: February 28, 2013, Final Report
Chromium Removal Research, City of Glendale,
CA. 100-2000 gpm. Reduce Hexavalent
Chromium to 1 ppb.

1.91 - 11.96
2 IX - Weak Base
Anion Resin
Reference: February 28, 2013, Final Report
Chromium Removal Research, City of Glendale,
CA. 100-2000 gpm. Reduce Hexavalent
Chromium to 1 ppb.

1.96 – 8.19
3 IX Golden State Water Co., IX w/disposable resin, 1
MGD, Perchlorate removal, built in 2010. 0.60
4 IX
Golden State Water Co., IX w/disposable resin,
1000 gpm, perchlorate removal (Proposed; O&M
estimated).

1.31 5 IX
Golden State Water Co., IX with brine
regeneration, 500 gpm for Selenium removal, built
in 2007.

8.57 6 GFO/Adsorption
Golden State Water Co., Granular Ferric Oxide
Resin, Arsenic removal, 600 gpm, 2 facilities, built
in 2006.

2.24 - 2.39
7 RO
Reference: Inland Empire Utilities Agency : Chino
Basin Desalter. RO cost to reduce 800 ppm TDS,
150 ppm Nitrate (as NO3); approx. 7 mgd.

2.93 8 IX
Reference: Inland Empire Utilities Agency : Chino
Basin Desalter. IX cost to reduce 150 ppm Nitrate
(as NO3); approx. 2.6 mgd.

1.63

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9 Packed Tower
Aeration
Reference: Inland Empire Utilities Agency : Chino
Basin Desalter. PTA-VOC air stripping, typical
treated flow of approx. 1.6 mgd.

0.49 10 IX
Reference: West Valley WD Report, for Water
Recycling Funding Program, for 2.88 mgd
treatment facility. IX to remove Perchlorate,
Perchlorate levels 6-10 ppb. 2008 costs.

0.68 - 0.97
11 Coagulation
Filtration
Reference: West Valley WD, includes capital,
O&M costs for 2.88 mgd treatment facility- Layne
Christensen packaged coagulation Arsenic
removal system. 2009-2012 costs.

0.45 12 FBR
Reference: West Valley WD/Envirogen design
data for the O&M + actual capitol costs, 2.88 mgd
fluidized bed reactor (FBR) treatment system,
Perchlorate and Nitrate removal, followed by
multimedia filtration & chlorination, 2012. NOTE:

The capitol cost for the treatment facility for the
first 2,000 gpm is $23 million annualized over 20
years with ability to expand to 4,000 gpm with
minimal costs in the future. $17 million funded
through state and federal grants with the
remainder funded by WVWD and the City of
Rialto.

2.02 – 2.13
* Costs were adjusted from date of original estimates to present, where appropriate, using the Engineering News Record (ENR) annual average Construction Cost Index of 12,133 for 2021. .

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ATTACHMENT NO. 3
Table 3
Reference: Updated 2012 ACWA Cost of Treatment Table

COST ESTIMATES FOR TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES
(INCLUDES ANNUALIZED CAPITAL AND O&M COSTS)
No. Treatment
Technology Source of Information
Estimated 2012 Unit
Cost Indexed to 2021*
($/1,000 gallons treated)
1 Granular Activated
Carbon
Reference: Malcolm Pirnie estimate for California Urban Water Agencies, large surface water treatment plants
treating water from the State Water Project to meet
Stage 2 D/DBP and bromate regulation, 1998

0.69 - 1.31
2 Granular Activated
Carbon
Reference: Carollo Engineers, estimate for VOC
treatment (PCE), 95% removal of PCE, Oct. 1994,1900
gpm design capacity

0.32 3 Granular Activated
Carbon
Reference: Carollo Engineers, est. for a large No. Calif. surf. water treatment plant ( 90 mgd capacity) treating water from the State Water Project, to reduce THM
precursors, ENR construction cost index = 6262 (San
Francisco area) - 1992

1.51 4 Granular Activated
Carbon
Reference: CH2M Hill study on San Gabriel Basin, for
135 mgd central treatment facility for VOC and SOC
removal by GAC, 1990

0.59 - 0.86
5 Granular Activated
Carbon
Reference: Southern California Water Co. - actual data
for "rented" GAC to remove VOCs (1,1-DCE), 1.5 mgd
capacity facility, 1998

2.71 6 Granular Activated
Carbon
Reference: Southern California Water Co. - actual data
for permanent GAC to remove VOCs (TCE), 2.16 mgd
plant capacity, 1998

1.75 7 Reverse Osmosis
Reference: Malcolm Pirnie estimate for California Urban Water Agencies, large surface water treatment plants
treating water from the State Water Project to meet
Stage 2 D/DBP and bromate regulation, 1998

2.036 –

3.89 8 Reverse Osmosis
Reference: Boyle Engineering, RO cost to reduce 1000
ppm TDS in brackish groundwater in So. Calif., 1.0 mgd
plant operated at 40% of design flow, high brine line cost, May 1991

4.80 9 Reverse Osmosis
Reference: Boyle Engineering, RO cost to reduce 1000
ppm TDS in brackish groundwater in So. Calif., 1.0 mgd
plant operated at 100% of design flow, high brine line
cost, May 1991

2.96 10 Reverse Osmosis
Reference: Boyle Engineering, RO cost to reduce 1000
ppm TDS in brackish groundwater in So. Calif., 10.0
mgd plant operated at 40% of design flow, high brine line cost, May 1991

3.20 COST ESTIMATES FOR TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES
(INCLUDES ANNUALIZED CAPITAL AND O&M COSTS)

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Office of
Environm
ental
No. Treatment
Technology Source of Information
Estimated 2012 Unit
Cost Indexed to 2021*
($/1,000 gallons treated)
11 Reverse Osmosis
Reference: Boyle Engineering, RO cost to reduce 1000
ppm TDS in brackish groundwater in So. Calif., 10.0 mgd plant operated at 100% of design flow, high brine line
cost, May 1991

2.48 12 Reverse Osmosis
Reference: Arsenic Removal Study, City of Scottsdale,
AZ - CH2M Hill, for a 1.0 mgd plant operated at 40% of
design capacity, Oct. 1991

8.04 13 Reverse Osmosis
Reference: Arsenic Removal Study, City of Scottsdale,
AZ - CH2M Hill, for a 1.0 mgd plant operated at 100% of design capacity, Oct. 1991

4.75 14 Reverse Osmosis
Reference: Arsenic Removal Study, City of Scottsdale,
AZ - CH2M Hill, for a 10.0 mgd plant operated at 40% of design capacity, Oct. 1991

3.55 15 Reverse Osmosis
Reference: Arsenic Removal Study, City of Scottsdale,
AZ - CH2M Hill, for a 10.0 mgd plant operated at 100%
of design capacity, Oct. 1991

2.20 16 Reverse Osmosis
Reference: CH2M Hill study on San Gabriel Basin, for
135 mgd central treatment facility with RO to remove
nitrate, 1990

2.22 - 3.89
17 Packed Tower
Aeration
Reference: Analysis of Costs for Radon Removal...
(AWWARF publication), Kennedy/Jenks, for a 1.4 mgd
facility operating at 40% of design capacity, Oct. 1991

1.27 18 Packed Tower
Aeration
Reference: Analysis of Costs for Radon Removal...
(AWWARF publication), Kennedy/Jenks, for a 14.0 mgd
facility operating at 40% of design capacity, Oct. 1991

0.68 19 Packed Tower
Aeration
Reference: Carollo Engineers, estimate for VOC
treatment (PCE) by packed tower aeration, without offgas treatment, O&M costs based on operation during 329 days/year at 10% downtime, 16 hr/day air stripping
operation, 1900 gpm design capacity, Oct. 1994

0.34 20 Packed Tower
Aeration
Reference: Carollo Engineers, for PCE treatment by
Ecolo-Flo Enviro-Tower air stripping, without off-gas
treatment, O&M costs based on operation during 329
days/year at 10% downtime, 16 hr/day air stripping
operation, 1900 gpm design capacity, Oct. 1994

0.35 21 Packed Tower
Aeration
Reference: CH2M Hill study on San Gabriel Basin, for
135 mgd central treatment facility - packed tower
aeration for VOC and radon removal, 1990

0.55 - 0.90

COST ESTIMATES FOR TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES
(INCLUDES ANNUALIZED CAPITAL AND O&M COSTS)

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Office of
Environm
ental
No. Treatment
Technology Source of Information
Estimated 2012 Unit
Cost Indexed to 2021*
($/1,000 gallons treated)
22 Advanced
Oxidation
Processes
Reference: Carollo Engineers, estimate for VOC
treatment (PCE) by UV Light, Ozone, Hydrogen
Peroxide, O&M costs based on operation during 329
days/year at 10% downtime, 24 hr/day AOP operation,
1900 gpm capacity, Oct. 1994

0.67 23 Ozonation
Reference: Malcolm Pirnie estimate for CUWA, large
surface water treatment plants using ozone to treat water from the State Water Project to meet Stage 2 D/DBP and
bromate regulation, Cryptosporidium inactivation
requirements,1998

0.15 - 0.32
24 Ion Exchange
Reference: CH2M Hill study on San Gabriel Basin, for
135 mgd central treatment facility - ion exchange to
remove nitrate, 1990

0.73 - 0.97
* Costs were adjusted from date of original estimates to present, where appropriate, using the Engineering News Record (ENR) annual average Construction Cost Index of 12,133 for 2021.

EXHIBIT F

ACRONYMS
ACWA - Association of California Water Agencies
AL - Action Level
BAT - Best Available Technology
Cal/EPA - California Environmental Protection Agency
CCR - California Code of Regulations
DBP - Disinfection Byproduct
DDW – Division of Drinking Water
DLR - Detection Level for purposes of Reporting
GAC - Granular Activated Carbon
MCL - Maximum Contaminant Level
MCLG - Maximum Contaminant Level Goal
mg/l - milligrams per liter
MWD - Metropolitan Water District
ND - Not Detected
NL - Notification Level
OEHHA - Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment pCi/l - picoCuries per liter
PHG – Public Health Goal
PPM – Parts Per Million (1 / 1,000,000)
PPB – Parts Per Billion (1 / 1,000,000,000)
PPT – Parts Per Trillion (1 / 1,000,000,000,000)
PTA - Packed Tower Aeration
RAA - Running Annual Average
RO - Reverse Osmosis
SWRCB – State Water Resource Control Board
TCE –Trichloroethylene
TTHMs - Total Trihalomethanes
USEPA - United States Environmental Protection Agency
VOC - Volatile Organic Compound

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