Staff Reports - East Bay Municipal Utility District

WATER QUALITY COMMITTEE
ANNUAL REPORT - 2012
Committee Purpose
• Review, oversee, and coordinate the District's drinking water quality program.
• Promote the efficient collection, management, and use of water quality information.
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Promote distribution of water quality information throughout the District.
• Ensure, review, and comment on legislation and regulations affecting drinking water.
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Recommend appropriate actions as needed to respond to drinking water quality issues.
2012 Accomplishments
» Committee Activities
• Twelve meetings were held in 2012.
• Minutes were recorded and distributed.
• Legislation/Regulation
• The Water Quality Committee maintained an overview of water quality legislation and
regulation by providing comments and recommendations, where appropriate.
Legislative activities in 2012 included the analysis of two State Assembly bills dealing
with water treatment devices. Regulatory activities in 2012 included providing
comments to the EPA on proposed revisions that would modify Consumer Confidence
Report (CCR) distribution requirements. Committee members also completed
preparations for the Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule 3 (UCMR3). Staff
participated in the USEPA Science Advisory Board and on the National Sanitation
Foundation International's Joint Drinking Water Advisory Committee responsible for
NSF/ANSI Standards 60 and 61.
• The Committee reviewed and provided comment on regulatory activities by the State
Water Resources Control Board and the California Office of Environmental Health
Hazard Assessment.
• Water Quality Strategic Direction
• The Committee reviewed and revised the FY12 water quality goals. The goals are
significantly more stringent than the regulatory requirements.
• In 2012, the Committee monitored 122 water quality parameters. These parameters
included all regulated contaminants, as well as treatment techniques, emerging
contaminants, and customer expectations. Water quality updates to the Board of
Directors occurred in February and October.
- The Committee reviewed all water quality monitoring programs in the District as well
as key parameters on a monthly basis.
• The Committee continues to track the Centers for Disease Control/USEPA efforts to
revise policy and procedures that cover the practice of fluoridation.