Resolution No.
STOCKTON CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE 2025 WATER QUALITY PUBLIC HEALTH GOALS REPORT Section 116470(b) of the California Health and Safety Code requires public water systems to prepare a report every three years that compares the levels of drinking water constituents with their respective Public Health Goals (PHGs) or Maximum Contaminant Level Goals (MCLGs); and A PHG (or MCLG) is the level of a contaminant in drinking water below which there is no known or expected risk to health. PHGs are established by the California Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). MCLGs are established by the USEPA; and The PHG Report identifies the number of sources that have constituents above their respective PHGs or MCLGs. The PHG Report also provides an estimated cost to reduce the concentration of those constituents to levels at or below their respective PHGs or MCLGs; and The 2025 Report on Water Quality Public Health Goals (2025 Report) lists constituents detected in the City water system above PHGs and/or MCLGs during calendar years 2022, 2023, and 2024. These constituents include the following:
Arsenic – naturally occurs in local groundwater
Bromate – bromide is precursor found in seawater and other sources Uranium – occurs in local groundwater
Gross Alpha
Radium-228
Total Coliform – indicator test for E. coli; and
The PHGs and MCLGs are not enforceable by the State or Federal agencies as they are lower than currently regulated Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) requirements; and The City water system complies with the regulatory MCL standards; and The 2025 Report concludes that City water meets all State of California, Department of Public Health, and United States Environmental Protection Agency drinking water quality standards set to protect public health; and On September 23, 2025, the City held a duly noticed public hearing to accept and respond to public comments on the 2025 Report; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF STOCKTON, AS FOLLOWS:
Approve and accept the 2025 Report on Water Quality Public Health Goals, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 1 and incorporated by this reference.
The City Manager is hereby authorized to take whatever actions are appropriate and necessary to carry out the purpose and intent of this Resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED September 23, 2025 .
CHRISTINA FUGAZI
Mayor of the City of Stockton
ATTEST:
KATHERINE ROLAND, CMC, CPMC
City Clerk of the City of Stockton