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Attachment 1.a <br /> NOTE: This publication is meant to be an aid to the staff of the CDHSDrinking Water Program and can$.A. - Page �0 <br /> relied upon by the regulated community as the State of California's representation of the law. The published codes <br /> are the only official representation of the law. Refer to the published codes whenever specific citations are <br /> required. <br /> Health and Safety Code §116470 <br /> (a) As a condition of its operating permit, every public water system shall annually prepare a <br /> consumer confidence report and mail or deliver a copy of that report to each customer, other than <br /> an occupant, as defined in Section 799.28 of the Civil Code, of a recreational vehicle park A <br /> public water system in a recreational vehicle park with occupants as defined in Section 799.28 of <br /> the Civil Code shall prominently display on a bulletin board at the entrance to or in the office of <br /> the park, and make available upon request, a copy of the report. The report shall include all of <br /> the following information: <br /> (1) The source of the water purveyed by the public water system. <br /> (2) A brief and plainly worded definition of the terms "maximum contaminant level," <br /> "primary drinking water standard," and "public health goal." <br /> (3) If any regulated contaminant is detected in public drinking water supplied by the <br /> system during the past year, the report shall include all of the following information: <br /> (A) The level of the contaminant found in the drinking water, and the <br /> corresponding public health goal and primary drinking water standard for that contaminant. <br /> (B) Any violations of the primary drinking water standard that have occurred as a <br /> result of the presence of the contaminant in the drinking water and a brief and plainly worded <br /> statement of health concerns that resulted in the regulation of that contaminant. <br /> (C) The public water system's address and phone number to enable customers to <br /> obtain further information concerning contaminants and potential health effects. <br /> (4) Information on the levels of unregulated contaminants, if any, for which monitoring <br /> is required pursuant to state or federal law or regulation. <br /> (5) Disclosure of any variances or exemptions from primary drinking water standards <br /> granted to the system and the basis therefor. <br /> (b) On or before July 1, 1998, and every three years thereafter, public water systems serving <br /> more than 10,000 service connections that detect one or more contaminants in drinking water <br /> that exceed the applicable public health goal, shall prepare a brief written report in plain <br /> language that does all of the following: <br /> (1) Identifies each contaminant detected in drinking water that exceeds the applicable <br /> public health goal. <br /> (2) Discloses the numerical public health risk, determined by the office, associated <br /> with the maximum contaminant level for each contaminant identified in paragraph (1) and the <br /> numerical public health risk determined by the office associated with the public health goal for <br /> that contaminant. <br /> (3) Identifies the category of risk to public health, including, but not limited to, <br /> carcinogenic, mutagenic, teratogenic, and acute toxicity, associated with exposure to the <br /> contaminant in drinking water, and includes a brief plainly worded description of these terms. <br /> (4) Describes the best available technology, if any is then available on a commercial <br /> basis, to remove the contaminant or reduce the concentration of the contaminant. The public <br /> water system may, solely at its own discretion, briefly describe actions that have been taken on <br /> its own, or by other entities, to prevent the introduction of the contaminant into drinking water <br /> supplies. <br /> Page 1 of 2 <br />