For City Council Meeting July 22, 2025
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: Tanya Williams, City Manager
AUTHOR: John Rossi, Interim Utilities Director
Toyasha Sebbag, Assistant to the City Manager
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Request City Council/Rialto Utility Authority Board to: (1) Conduct a Public Hearing to Solicit Public Comments from Interested Citizens regarding the Report on Water Quality Relative to 2025 Public Health Goals Report for 2022, 2023, 2024; (2) Approve the Report on Water Quality Relative to 2025 Public Health Goals Report for 2022, 2023, 2024; and (3) Receive and File the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report.
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council/Rialto Utility Authority Board:
1) Conduct a Public Hearing to Solicit Public Comments from Interested Citizens regarding the Report on Water Quality Relative to 2025 Public Health Goals Report for 2022, 2023, 2024;
2) Approve the Report on Water Quality Relative to 2025 Public Health Goals Report for 2022, 2023, 2024; and
3) Receive and File the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report.
BACKGROUND
The City of Rialto/Rialto Utility Authority (RUA) is required to provide the public with two distinct types of water quality reports, each serving a different purpose: the Public Health Goals Report and the Consumer Confidence Report.
Public Health Goals Report (PHGs): The California Health and Safety Code ? 116470(b) requires public water systems serving more than 10,000 service connections to prepare a PHG Report every three years. This report must identify any detected constituents in the drinking water supply that exceed non-enforceable PHG's established by the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) and explain the associated health risks, estimated costs of treatment, and whether any actions have been taken to reduce the constituent levels.
PHGs are not regulatory standards. The PHG Report must be made available to the public and prese...
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