A Consumer Confidence Report (CCR), which is also called an annual water quality report or a drinking water quality report, provides information on your local drinking water quality. Every community water supplier must provide an annual report by July 1 of each year to its customers, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Consumer Confidence Report Rule. If you have any questions or concerns with the report, please contact the High Valleys Water District.
UPDATE: Court rules Chromium 6 standard not economically feasible.
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** Please visit the California State Water Board for more information regarding the Chromium-6 drinking water MCL
CHROMIUM-6 UPDATE
On July 1st, 2014, the California State Water Resources Control Board Division of Drinking Water changed the Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) for Hexavalent Chromium (Cr6) from 50 parts per billion (ppb) to 10 ppb. This affected the customer's of the High Valleys Water District because the water purchased from the City of Banning, which has 21 portable water wells along with three co-owned wells with the Beaumont Cherry Valley Water District, tested above the new MCL.
On May 31st, 2017, the Superior Court of Sacramento County issued a judgement invalidating the hexavalent chromium maximum contaminant level (MCL) for drinking water due to the State failing to properly consider the economic feasibility of complying with the new MCL. The court ordered the State Water Resources Control Board to take necessary actions to delete the hexavalent chromium MCL from the California Code of Regulations and to file with the court by August 15th, 2017 proof that it has done so.
The change became effective with the Office of Administration Law filing the change with the Secretary of State, on September 11th, 2017. As of this date, the maximum contaminant level (MCL) of 10 parts per billion (ppb) for hexavalent chromium is no longer in effect and the MCL for chromium-6 in California will return back to 50 parts per billion (ppb). The Federal MCL standard was not altered and remains the same at 100 parts per billion (ppb). For more information, please visit the California State Water Resources Control Board website at www.waterboards.ca.gov.
CHROMIUM-6 UPDATE
On July 1st, 2014, the California State Water Resources Control Board Division of Drinking Water changed the Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) for Hexavalent Chromium (Cr6) from 50 parts per billion (ppb) to 10 ppb. This affected the customer's of the High Valleys Water District because the water purchased from the City of Banning, which has 21 portable water wells along with three co-owned wells with the Beaumont Cherry Valley Water District, tested above the new MCL.
On May 31st, 2017, the Superior Court of Sacramento County issued a judgement invalidating the hexavalent chromium maximum contaminant level (MCL) for drinking water due to the State failing to properly consider the economic feasibility of complying with the new MCL. The court ordered the State Water Resources Control Board to take necessary actions to delete the hexavalent chromium MCL from the California Code of Regulations and to file with the court by August 15th, 2017 proof that it has done so.
The change became effective with the Office of Administration Law filing the change with the Secretary of State, on September 11th, 2017. As of this date, the maximum contaminant level (MCL) of 10 parts per billion (ppb) for hexavalent chromium is no longer in effect and the MCL for chromium-6 in California will return back to 50 parts per billion (ppb). The Federal MCL standard was not altered and remains the same at 100 parts per billion (ppb). For more information, please visit the California State Water Resources Control Board website at www.waterboards.ca.gov.