California Health and Safety Code

§ 116682

HSC § 116682 Effective Jan 1, 2024Div. 104 · Part 12 · Ch. 4 · Art. 9

Statute text

(a)(1) The state board, in circumstances described in subparagraph (A) or (B), may order consolidation with a receiving water system as provided in this section and Section 116684. The consolidation may be physical or operational. The state board may also order the extension of service to an area within a disadvantaged community that does not have access to an adequate supply of safe drinking water so long as the extension of service is an interim extension of service in preparation for consolidation. The consolidation shall occur within six months of the initiation of the extension of service. The state board may set timelines and performance measures to facilitate completion of consolidation.

(A)A public water system or a state small water system, serving a disadvantaged community, consistently fails to provide an adequate supply of safe drinking water, or is an at-risk water system.

(B)A disadvantaged community, in whole or in part, is substantially reliant on domestic wells that consistently fail to provide an adequate supply of safe drinking water, or are at-risk domestic wells.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 810, Sec. 4. (AB 664) Effective January 1, 2024.