2022 PUBLIC HEALTH GOALS REPORT
Stockton City Council
September 27, 2022
Agenda Item No. 16.1
Report Summary
Public Health Goals report is required by the State
every 3 years (2019‐21)
Reports on Water Quality pertaining to:
State Public Health Goals
Federal Maximum Contaminant Level Goals
Report Background
Public Health Goals are non‐enforceable goals for
constituents and are established by Cal‐EPA’s
Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
Compares actual water quality constituents to
State Public Health Goals
Discusses available treatment technologies and
estimated costs to reduce water constituents to
meet Public Health Goals
Report Findings
Water quality constituents that exceeded a Public
Health Goal or Maximum Contaminant Level Goal
Arsenic
Bromate
Radionuclides
Gross Alpha; Radium‐228; Uranium
Total Coliform Bacteria
Similar findings as past reports
City’s drinking water met all drinking water
standards set by State and Federal agencies to
protect public health
Public Notice
Report is to be considered for acceptance by City
Council at a Public Hearing on September 27, 2022
Public Hearing was noticed in the Stockton Record on
September 12, 2022
Report was posted on the City’s website
(stocktonca.gov)
Summary
Our drinking water meets all State and U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) drinking
water standards set to protect public health
Health protection benefits of treatment to Public
Health Goals may be cost prohibitive
The Public Health Goals Report meets the State’s
requirements and no further evaluation is proposed at
this time
Recommendation
It is recommended that the City Council adopt the
resolution to accept the 2022 Public Health Goals
Report