CalMatters: California sets nation’s first water standard for cancer-causing contaminant

Reprint CalMatters, CalMatters Network
April 17, 2024 ^{cover photo: Mineral: Chromite, public domain}

By Rachel Becker

In an effort to protect more than 5 million Californians from a cancer-causing contaminant, state regulators today set a new standard that is expected to increase the cost of water for many people throughout the state. 

The State Water Resources Control Board unanimously approved the nation’s first drinking water standard for hexavalent chromium,…