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2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 11 - VECTORS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties › ARTICLE 3 - Rodent Abatement › Section 116140.

116140. Whenever a person possessing a place that is infested with rodents, fails, neglects, or refuses to proceed and to continue to endeavor to exterminate and destroy the rodents and abate the conditions listed in Section 17920.3 that are causing the infestation, as required in this article and Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 116250), the department and its inspectors, the county board of supervisors and its inspectors, and the local health officer, shall at once cause the rodents to be exterminated and destroyed and the conditions listed in Section 17920.3 that are causing the infestation to be abated.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 81, Sec. 5. (SB 1167) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 11 - VECTORS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties › ARTICLE 3 - Rodent Abatement › Section 116145.

116145. The expense of exterminating and destroying the rodents and abating the conditions listed in Section 17920.3 that are causing the infestation is a charge against the county or city in which the work is done, and the board of supervisors or other governing body shall allow and pay it.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 81, Sec. 6. (SB 1167) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 11 - VECTORS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties › ARTICLE 3 - Rodent Abatement › Section 116150.

116150. The governing body shall record in the office of the county recorder a notice of payment, claiming a lien on the property for the amount of the payment.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 11 - VECTORS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties › ARTICLE 3 - Rodent Abatement › Section 116155.

116155. All sums so paid by the county or city are a lien on the property on which the work was done, and may be recovered in an action against the property.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 11 - VECTORS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties › ARTICLE 3 - Rodent Abatement › Section 116160.

116160. The action to foreclose the lien shall be brought within 90 days after the payment, and shall be prosecuted by the district or city attorney in the name of the county, or city, as the case may be, and for its benefit.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 11 - VECTORS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties › ARTICLE 3 - Rodent Abatement › Section 116165.

116165. When the property is sold, enough of the proceeds shall be paid into the treasury of the county or city to satisfy the lien and the costs, and the surplus, if any, shall be paid to the owner of the property, if known, and if not known shall be paid into the court for the use of the owner when ascertained.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 11 - VECTORS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties › ARTICLE 3 - Rodent Abatement › Section 116170.

116170. If it appears from the complaint in the action that the property on which the lien is to be foreclosed is likely to be removed from the jurisdiction of the court, the court may appoint a receiver to take possession of the property and hold it while the action is pending or until the defendant executes and files a bond, conditioned for the payment of any judgment that may be recovered against the defendant in the action and of all costs.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 11 - VECTORS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties › ARTICLE 4 - Mosquito and Gnat Control › Section 116175.

116175. The department shall make studies and demonstrations as may be necessary to determine the areas of the state that have a high proportion of mosquito-borne diseases, including malaria and encephalitis.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 11 - VECTORS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties › ARTICLE 4 - Mosquito and Gnat Control › Section 116180.

116180. (a)  The department may enter into a cooperative agreement with any local district or other public agency engaged in the work of controlling mosquitoes, gnats, flies, other insects, rodents, or other vectors and pests of public health importance, in areas and under terms, conditions, and specifications as the director may prescribe.
(b)  The agreement may provide for financial assistance on behalf of the state and for the doing of all or any portion of the necessary work by either of the contracting parties, except that in no event shall the department agree that the state’s contribution shall exceed 50 percent of the total cost of any acceptable plan.
(c)  The agreement may provide for contributions by the local district or other public agency to the Vectorborne Disease Account.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 38, Sec. 4. Effective May 7, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 11 - VECTORS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties › ARTICLE 5 - Mosquito Control and Imported Tires › Section 116185.

116185. The Legislature finds and declares that used tires imported into this country have contained mosquitos that are carriers of disease that is harmful to humans.
The Legislature further finds and declares that, in order to attempt to ensure that these mosquitos are not brought into this state, it is necessary to require that used tires not be imported into this state unless they have been certified as being free of mosquitos.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996. Note: This section is not subject to the termination clause in Section 116225.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 11 - VECTORS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties › ARTICLE 5 - Mosquito Control and Imported Tires › Section 116190.

116190. (a)  No used tires that have been imported into the United States shall be imported into this state, for purposes of sale, resale or disposal, unless they are inspected and certified as free from mosquitos in any stage of development by the department or its designee. Nothing in this section is intended to require inspection of each tire entering the state. The inspection shall be conducted using standard sampling procedures.
(b)  Notwithstanding subdivision (a), if a shipment of tires imported into the United States has been inspected in a state other than California and certified as free from mosquitos in any state of development by persons meeting the federal certified pesticide applicator qualifications contained in 7 U.S.C. Section 136b, then the department shall review the certification to determine whether or not it is adequate. For the purposes of this subdivision, “adequate” means that the department shall confirm that the certification was performed by persons meeting the qualifications referred to in this subdivision and that the certification applies to the shipment of tires imported into this state.
If the certification is determined by the department to be adequate, the department shall make a written finding to that effect, and the inspection referred to in subdivision (a) shall not be required. The department may charge and collect a reasonable fee, not to exceed fifty dollars ($50) per shipment, to cover its costs incurred pursuant to this subdivision.
If the certification is determined by the department to be inadequate, the inspection referred to in subdivision (a) shall be required.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996. Conditionally inoperative as provided in Section 116225.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 11 - VECTORS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties › ARTICLE 5 - Mosquito Control and Imported Tires › Section 116195.

116195. The department shall administer this article. In carrying out this duty, the department may delegate its authority to other departments of the state or to local governmental agencies, or cooperate with other agencies in the enforcement of this article.
Notwithstanding Section 116180, the department may enter into a contract for services with local agencies, in order to implement this article.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996. Conditionally inoperative as provided in Section 116225.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 11 - VECTORS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties › ARTICLE 5 - Mosquito Control and Imported Tires › Section 116200.

116200. The department shall charge and collect a fee for each certificate issued by the department or its designee, which shall be in an amount reasonably necessary to produce sufficient revenue to effectively implement this article. The initial fee established by the department shall not be greater than thirty cents ($0.30) per tire or casing imported.
A nonreturnable interim fee of thirty cents ($0.30) per tire or casing imported, and for which a certificate is issued by the department or its designee, is hereby established and shall remain in effect until the department adopts the necessary regulations pursuant to this article.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996. Conditionally inoperative as provided in Section 116225.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 11 - VECTORS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties › ARTICLE 5 - Mosquito Control and Imported Tires › Section 116205.

116205. The department shall collect and account for all money received pursuant to this article and shall deposit it in the Vectorborne Disease Account provided for in Section 116112.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 38, Sec. 5. Effective May 7, 2004. Conditionally inoperative as provided in Section 116225.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 11 - VECTORS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties › ARTICLE 5 - Mosquito Control and Imported Tires › Section 116210.

116210. Fees collected pursuant to this article shall be subject to the annual fee increase provisions of Section 100425.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996. Conditionally inoperative as provided in Section 116225.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 11 - VECTORS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties › ARTICLE 5 - Mosquito Control and Imported Tires › Section 116220.

116220. It shall be a misdemeanor to violate this article.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996. Conditionally inoperative as provided in Section 116225.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 11 - VECTORS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties › ARTICLE 5 - Mosquito Control and Imported Tires › Section 116225.

116225. This article, with the exception of Section 116185, shall be inoperative upon a finding by the director that the federal government has established and is implementing a program that is at least as effective in ensuring that used tires imported into this state are free of mosquitos, as are the importation requirements established by this article.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996. Note: Termination clause affects Article 5, commencing with Section 116185, except Section 116185.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 11 - VECTORS › CHAPTER 3 - Enforcement and Penalties › Section 116250.

116250. A violation of Article 3 (commencing with Section 116125) of Chapter 2 is a misdemeanor.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 4 - California Safe Drinking Water Act › ARTICLE 1 - Pure and Safe Drinking Water › Section 116270.

116270. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a)  Every resident of California has the right to pure and safe drinking water.
(b)  Feasible and affordable technologies are available and shall be used to remove toxic contaminants from public water supplies.
(c)  According to the State Department of Health Services, over 95 percent of all large public water systems in California are in compliance with health-based action levels established by the department for various contaminants.
(d)  It is the policy of the state to reduce to the lowest level feasible all concentrations of toxic chemicals that, when present in drinking water, may cause cancer, birth defects, and other chronic diseases.
(e)  This chapter is intended to ensure that the water delivered by public water systems of this state shall at all times be pure, wholesome, and potable. This chapter provides the means to accomplish this objective.
(f)  It is the intent of the Legislature to improve laws governing drinking water quality, to improve upon the minimum requirements of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996, to establish primary drinking water standards that are at least as stringent as those established under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, and to establish a program under this chapter that is more protective of public health than the minimum federal requirements.
(g)  It is the further intent of the Legislature to establish a drinking water regulatory program within the state board to provide for the orderly and efficient delivery of safe drinking water within the state and to give the establishment of drinking water standards and public health goals greater emphasis and visibility within the state.
(h) This act shall be construed to ensure consistency with the requirements for states to obtain and maintain primary enforcement responsibility for public water systems under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act and acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 673, Sec. 3. (AB 1531) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 4 - California Safe Drinking Water Act › ARTICLE 1 - Pure and Safe Drinking Water › Section 116280.

116280. This chapter does not apply to a public water system that meets all of the following conditions:
(a)  Consists only of distribution and storage facilities and does not have any collection and treatment facilities.
(b)  Obtains all of its water from, but is not owned or operated by, a public water system to which this chapter applies.
(c)  Does not sell water to any person or user. For purposes of this subdivision, sale of water shall not include the sale of water, obtained from a public water system that is subject to this chapter, through a submetered distribution system if each user of the system is charged no more than the rate the user would be charged by the public water system.
By enacting this subdivision, it is not the intent of the Legislature to change existing law as to responsibility or liability for distribution systems beyond the mastermeter.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 516, Sec. 2. (AB 1194) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 4 - California Safe Drinking Water Act › ARTICLE 1 - Pure and Safe Drinking Water › Section 116285.

116285. Before August 6, 1998, this chapter shall not apply to an irrigation canal system if the owner or operator of the system certifies to the department, and notifies each user, in writing, that the water is untreated and is being furnished or supplied solely for agricultural purposes to either of the following:
(a)  A user where the user receives the water, by pipe or otherwise, directly from the irrigation canal system.
(b)  A person who owns or operates an integrated pipe system where the person receives the water, by pipe or otherwise, directly from the irrigation canal system.
“Irrigation canal system,” as used in this section, means a system of water conveyance facilities, including pipes, tunnels, canals, conduits, pumping plants and related facilities operated to furnish or supply water for agricultural purposes where a substantial portion of the facilities is open to the atmosphere.
(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 734, Sec. 2. Effective October 7, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 4 - California Safe Drinking Water Act › ARTICLE 1 - Pure and Safe Drinking Water › Section 116286.

116286. (a)  A water district, as defined in subdivision (b), in existence prior to May 18, 1994, that provides primarily agricultural services through a piped water system with only incidental residential or similar uses shall not be considered to be a public water system if the department determines that either of the following applies:
(1) The system is providing alternative water for residential or similar uses for drinking water and cooking to achieve the equivalent level of public health protection provided by the applicable primary drinking water regulations.
(2) The water provided for residential or similar uses for drinking, cooking, and bathing is centrally treated or treated at the point of entry by the provider, a passthrough entity, or the user to achieve the equivalent level of protection provided by the applicable primary drinking water regulations.
(b) For purposes of this section, “water district” means any district or other political subdivision, other than a city or county, a primary function of which is irrigation, reclamation, or drainage of land.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 64, Sec. 1. (AB 1428) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 4 - California Safe Drinking Water Act › ARTICLE 1 - Pure and Safe Drinking Water › Section 116290.

116290. Before August 6, 1998, in areas where the water service rendered by a person is primarily agricultural, and domestic service is only incidental thereto, this chapter shall not apply except in specific areas in which the department has found its application to be necessary for the protection of the public health and has given written notice thereof to the person furnishing or supplying water in the area.
The department may prescribe reasonable and feasible action to be taken by those persons or the users to insure that their domestic water will not be injurious to health.
(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 734, Sec. 5. Effective October 7, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 4 - California Safe Drinking Water Act › ARTICLE 1 - Pure and Safe Drinking Water › Section 116293.

116293. (a)  On January 1, 2003, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment shall perform a risk assessment and, based upon that risk assessment, shall adopt a public health goal based exclusively on public health consideration for perchlorate using the criteria set forth in subdivision (c) of Section 116365.
(b)  On or before January 1, 2004, the department shall adopt a primary drinking water standard for perchlorate found in public water systems in California in a manner that is consistent with this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 425, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 4 - California Safe Drinking Water Act › ARTICLE 2 - Department and Local Responsibilities › Section 116325.

116325. The department shall be responsible for ensuring that all public water systems are operated in compliance with this chapter and any regulations adopted hereunder. The department shall directly enforce this chapter for all public water systems except as set forth in Section 116500.
(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 734, Sec. 7. Effective October 7, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 4 - California Safe Drinking Water Act › ARTICLE 2 - Department and Local Responsibilities › Section 116326.

116326. In administering programs to fund improvements and expansions of small community water systems, the department shall do all of the following:
(a) Give priority to funding projects in disadvantaged communities.
(b) Encourage the consolidation of small community water systems that serve disadvantaged communities in instances where consolidation will help the affected agencies and the state to meet all of the following goals:
(1) Improvement in the quality of water delivered.
(2) Improvement in the reliability of water delivery.
(3) Reduction in the cost of drinking water for ratepayers.
(c) Pursuant to subdivision (b), allow funding for feasibility studies performed prior to a construction project to include studies of the feasibility of consolidating two or more community water systems, at least one of which is a small community water system that serves a disadvantaged community.
(d) In instances where it is shown that small community water system consolidation will further the goals of subdivision (b), give priority to funding construction projects that involve the physical restructuring of two or more community water systems, at least one of which is a small community water system that serves a disadvantaged community, into a single, consolidated system.
(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 614, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 4 - California Safe Drinking Water Act › ARTICLE 2 - Department and Local Responsibilities › Section 116335.

116335. (a) The public water systems serving the City of Maywood shall conduct, publish, and submit to the City of Maywood, the State Department of Public Health, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, the Senate Committee on Environmental Quality, and the Assembly Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials a study on the City of Maywood’s water by December 21, 2010, addressing the impacts of manganese on the quality of the City of Maywood’s water. The report shall contain all of the following:
(1) Testing information and results on manganese for all of the sources of drinking water for the City of Maywood.
(2) The amount of manganese being contributed by each water source that serves the City of Maywood.
(3) Immediate and long-term steps that can be taken by the public water systems to reduce the amount of manganese in the drinking water supply to be at least as low as a level that is consistent with the average level in communities within a 20-mile radius of the City of Maywood.
(4) Infrastructure improvements that can be made to reach the immediate and long-term goals to reduce the level of manganese and other contaminants in the water to be consistent with the average level in communities within a 20-mile radius of the City of Maywood.
(5) Actions that the public water systems will take to pursue funding in order to achieve those improvements.
(b) The City Council of Maywood shall conduct a public hearing on the results of the study.
(c) The public water systems shall respond in writing to public comments made at the hearing to the City Council of Maywood.
(d) The study and comments shall be posted on the public water systems’ Internet Web sites.
(e) All current notifications sent to the rate payers within the City of Maywood concerning water contaminants shall also be sent to occupants, in the same manner as set forth in subdivision (f) of Section 116450, and shall be distributed in English and the primary language of the residents of the city as well as posted on the public water systems’ Internet Web sites.
(Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 259, Sec. 2. (AB 890) Effective January 1, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 4 - California Safe Drinking Water Act › ARTICLE 2 - Department and Local Responsibilities › Section 116340.

116340. This chapter shall not apply to state small water systems except as provided under this section:
(a)  The state board shall adopt regulations specifying minimum requirements for operation of a state small water system. The requirements may be less stringent than the requirements for public water systems as set forth in this chapter.
(b)  The minimum requirements for state small water systems adopted by the state board pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be enforced by the local health officer or a local health agency designated by the local health officer. In counties that do not have a local health officer, the requirements shall be enforced by the state board. Local health agencies may adopt more stringent requirements for state small water systems than those specified in the state regulations.
(c)  The reasonable costs of the local health officer in carrying out the requirements of this section may be recovered through the imposition of fees on state small water systems by the local governing body in accordance with Section 101325.
(d) Sections 116400, 116530, 116665, and 116735 and Article 10 (commencing with Section 116700) apply to a state small water system to the same extent as those sections apply to a public water system. Section 116650 applies to a state small system for a violation of a requirement or order that applies to a state small system under this section.
(e) This section does not limit the remedies available, civil or criminal, for violations or requirements of this chapter that apply to a state small water system or for consistent failure to provide an adequate supply of safe drinking water.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 187, Sec. 2. (SB 776) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 4 - California Safe Drinking Water Act › ARTICLE 2 - Department and Local Responsibilities › Section 116345.

116345. (a)  The local health officer shall submit a report monthly to the department regarding the status of compliance with this chapter by the public water systems under the jurisdiction of the local health officer. The report shall be in a form and manner prescribed by the department.
(b)  The department shall review the public water system program of the local health officer at least every three years to assure compliance with this chapter. A report of the findings of the review along with any recommendations of the department shall be provided to the local health officer and the board of supervisors.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 4 - California Safe Drinking Water Act › ARTICLE 3 - Operations › Section 116350.

116350. (a)  The department shall administer the provisions of this chapter and all other provisions relating to the regulation of drinking water to protect public health.
(b)  The department shall also have the following responsibilities:
(1)  Conduct research, studies, and demonstration projects relating to the provision of a dependable, safe supply of drinking water, including, but not limited to, all of the following:
(A)  Improved methods to identify and measure the existence of contaminants in drinking water and to identify the source of the contaminants.
(B)  Improved methods to identify, measure, and assess the potential adverse health effects of contaminants in drinking water.
(C)  New methods of treating raw water to prepare it for drinking, so as to improve the efficiency of water treatment and to remove or reduce contaminants.
(D)  Improved methods for providing a dependable, safe supply of drinking water, including improvements in water purification and distribution, and methods of assessing health-related hazards.
(E)  Improved methods of protecting the water sources of public water systems from contamination.
(F)  Alternative disinfection technologies that minimize, reduce, or eliminate hazardous disinfection byproducts.
(2)  Enforce provisions of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act and regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
(3)  Adopt regulations to implement this chapter.
(c)  The department may conduct studies and investigations as it deems necessary to assess the quality of private domestic water wells.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 4 - California Safe Drinking Water Act › ARTICLE 3 - Operations › Section 116360.

116360. (a) The department shall take all reasonable measures it determines necessary to reduce the risk to public health from waterborne illnesses in drinking water caused by cryptosporidium and giardia, to the extent those micro-organisms are not yet able to be adequately controlled through existing drinking water treatment and other management practices.
(b) The department shall directly conduct, or order the state’s public water systems to conduct, comprehensive sanitary surveys, as present resources permit, to identify risks to public health from cryptosporidium and giardia.
(c) To thoroughly address the public health risks currently posed by cryptosporidium, in particular, the department shall ensure that its initial cryptosporidium action plan, that has been circulated to public water systems serving more than 1,000 service connections, is comprehensively implemented and shall devise and implement necessary strategies for protecting the health of individuals served by smaller public water systems from cryptosporidium exposure.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 193, Sec. 122. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 4 - California Safe Drinking Water Act › ARTICLE 3 - Operations › Section 116361.

116361. (a)  The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment shall place a priority on the development of a public health goal for arsenic in drinking water, pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 116365, sufficient to allow it to adopt the goal no later than December 31, 2002.
(b)  Commencing January 1, 2002, the department shall commence the process for revising the existing primary drinking water standard for arsenic, and shall adopt a revised standard for arsenic not later than June 30, 2004. In considering the technological and economic feasibility of compliance with the proposed standard pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 116365, the department shall consider emerging technologies that may cost-effectively reduce exposure to arsenic in drinking water.
(c)  On or before December 31, 2002, the Secretary for Environmental Protection shall develop language regarding the health effects associated with the ingestion of arsenic in drinking water for inclusion in consumer confidence reports pursuant to Section 116470. On and after July 1, 2003, this language shall be included in the consumer confidence reports mailed or delivered to customers by each water system that measures arsenic in finished water at levels that exceed the applicable public health goal.
(d)  The language developed by the Secretary for Environmental Protection for use in consumer confidence reports to describe the health effects associated with the ingestion of arsenic in drinking water shall be developed in accordance with primacy requirements described in subdivision (e) of Section 141.151 and subsections (b), (c), and (d) of Section 142.12 of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
(e)  Nothing in this section affects or changes the date for implementation of a revised arsenic standard by public water systems as required in Parts 9, 141, and 142 of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 604, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 4 - California Safe Drinking Water Act › ARTICLE 3 - Operations › Section 116365.01.

116365.01. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation, including Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2, and Part 3 (commencing with Section 13000) of the Government Code, and except as provided in subdivision (b), for any proposed regulation that relates to the maximum contaminant levels for primary or secondary drinking water standards, as defined in subdivisions (c) and (d) of Section 116275, that is submitted by the department to the Office of Administrative Law for review, pursuant to Section 11349.1 of the Government Code, the Department of Finance shall take no longer than 90 days, commencing on the date that the department submits the rule or regulation to the Department of Finance, to do any of the following:
(A) Review any estimate pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 11357 of the Government Code.
(B) Provide a letter or documentation, if required, pursuant to Section 11349.1 of the Government Code.
(C) Complete any other function in connection with the adoption of proposed regulations that relates to the maximum contaminant levels for primary or secondary drinking water standards, as required pursuant to any provision of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
(D) Return the proposed regulation if the department has not prepared the estimate required by paragraph (6) of subdivision (a) of Section 11346.5 of the Government Code, in accordance with Section 11357 of the Government Code.
(2) If the Department of Finance returns the proposed regulation pursuant to subparagraph (D) of paragraph (1), an additional 90 day time period under this section shall begin when the regulations are resubmitted by the department to the Department of Finance.
(3) If the Department of Finance takes longer than 90 days to complete any of the functions set forth in subparagraphs (A) to (D), inclusive, of paragraph (1), the proposed regulations shall be exempt from any provision of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code that requires the involvement of the Department of Finance, and the department and the Office of Administrative Law shall proceed with all other applicable procedures in connection with the adoption of proposed regulations.
(b) Subdivision (a) shall not apply to any regulation adopted by the department that reduces, weakens, lessens, or otherwise undermines any requirement established pursuant to this chapter for the protection of public health.
(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 725, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 4 - California Safe Drinking Water Act › ARTICLE 3 - Operations › Section 116365.02.

116365.02. (a) The department may adopt, pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 11346.2 of the Government Code, any rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to the federal Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 300f et seq.), other than those federal rules and regulations that establish maximum contaminant levels for primary and secondary drinking water standards.
(b) Rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this subdivision shall not be subject to subparagraphs (C) and (D) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (d) of Section 11349.1 of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 725, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 4 - California Safe Drinking Water Act › ARTICLE 3 - Operations › Section 116365.03.

116365.03. The state board may adopt as an emergency regulation, a regulation, except a regulation that establishes maximum contaminant levels for primary and secondary drinking water standards, that is not more stringent than, and is not materially different in substance and effect than, the requirements of a regulation promulgated pursuant to the federal Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 300f et seq.). The adoption of a regulation pursuant to this section is an emergency and shall be considered by the Office of Administrative Law as necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety, and general welfare. Notwithstanding Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, an emergency regulation adopted by the state board pursuant to this section is not subject to review by the Office of Administrative Law and shall remain in effect until revised by the state board.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 673, Sec. 5. (AB 1531) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 4 - California Safe Drinking Water Act › ARTICLE 3 - Operations › Section 116365.2.

116365.2. (a) In conducting the periodic review and revision of public health goals pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (e) of Section 116365, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment may give special consideration to those contaminants that, on the basis of currently available data or scientific evidence, cause or contribute to adverse health effects in members of subgroups that comprise a meaningful portion of the general population, including, but not limited to, infants, children, pregnant women, the elderly, individuals with a history of serious illness, or other subgroups that are identifiable as being at greater risk of adverse health effects than the general population when exposed to the contaminant in drinking water.
(b) In preparing and publishing risk assessments pursuant to subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of Section 116365 that involve infants and children, the office shall assess all of the following, to the extent information is available:
(1) Exposure patterns, including, but not limited to, patterns determined by relevant data, among bottle-fed infants and children that are likely to result in disproportionately high exposure to contaminants in comparison to the general population.
(2) Special susceptibility of infants and children to contaminants in comparison to the general population.
(3) The effects on infants and children of exposure to contaminants and other substances that have a common mechanism of toxicity.
(4) The interaction of multiple contaminants on infants and children.
(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 678, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 4 - California Safe Drinking Water Act › ARTICLE 3 - Operations › Section 116365.5.

116365.5. (a)  The Department of Health Services shall commence the process for adopting a primary drinking water standard for hexavalent chromium that complies with the criteria established under Section 116365.
(b)  The department shall report to the Legislature on its progress in developing a primary drinking standard for hexavalent chromium by January 1, 2003.
(c)  The department shall establish a primary drinking water standard for hexavalent chromium on or before January 1, 2004.
(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 602, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 4 - California Safe Drinking Water Act › ARTICLE 3 - Operations › Section 116366.

116366. (a)  No public water system, or its customers, shall be responsible for remediation or treatment costs associated with MTBE, or a product that contains MTBE, provided, however, that the public water system shall be permitted as necessary to incur MTBE remediation and treatment costs and to include those costs in its customer rates and charges, necessary to comply with drinking water standards or directives of the State Department of Health Services or other lawful authority. Any public water system that incurs MTBE remediation or treatment costs may seek recovery of those costs from parties responsible for the MTBE contamination, or from other available alternative sources of funds.
(b)  If the public water system has included the costs of MTBE treatment and remediation in its customer rates and charges, and subsequently recovers all or a portion of its MTBE treatment and remediation costs from responsible parties or other available alternative sources of funds, it shall make an adjustment to its schedule of rates and charges to reflect the amount of funding received from responsible parties or other available alternative sources of funds for MTBE treatment or remediation.
(c)  Subdivision (a) shall not prevent the imposition of liability on any person for the discharge of MTBE if that liability is due to the conduct or status of that person independently of whether the person happens to be a customer of the public water system.
(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 816, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 4 - California Safe Drinking Water Act › ARTICLE 3 - Operations › Section 116367.5.

116367.5. The department shall establish a Research Advisory Committee, which shall consist of 11 members. The department shall provide for the support staff and meeting facility needs of the committee. The committee shall meet as necessary to review requests for research projects pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (d) of Section 116367. The committee members shall be appointed by the director and shall consist of the following members:
(a)  Four members representing public water systems.
(b)  Four members representing entities paying into the Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Trust Fund created pursuant to Section 25299.50.
(c)  One member representing environmental interest groups.
(d)  One member representing consumer interest groups.
(e)  One member representing the department.
(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 997, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 4 - California Safe Drinking Water Act › ARTICLE 3 - Operations › Section 116370.

116370. On or before January 1, 1998, the department shall propose, hold a public hearing, and adopt a finding of the best available technology for each contaminant for which a primary drinking water standard has been adopted. Thereafter, the department shall adopt a finding of the best available technology for each contaminant for which a primary drinking water standard has been adopted at the time the standard is adopted. The finding of the department shall take into consideration the costs and benefits of best available treatment technology that has been proven effective under full-scale field applications.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 755, Sec. 10. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 4 - California Safe Drinking Water Act › ARTICLE 3 - Operations › Section 116376.

116376. (a) The state board, on or before July 1, 2020, shall adopt a definition of microplastics in drinking water.
(b) The state board, on or before July 1, 2021, shall do all of the following:
(1) Adopt a standard methodology to be used in the testing of drinking water for microplastics.
(2) Adopt requirements for four years of testing and reporting of microplastics in drinking water, including public disclosure of those results.
(3) If appropriate, consider issuing a notification level or other guidance to aid consumer interpretations of the results of the testing required pursuant to this section.
(4) Accredit qualified laboratories in California to analyze microplastics.
(c) The state board may implement this section through the adoption of a policy handbook that is not subject to the requirements of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 902, Sec. 1. (SB 1422) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 4 - California Safe Drinking Water Act › ARTICLE 3 - Operations › Section 116377.

116377. The department may adopt emergency regulations in accordance with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, to implement amendments to this chapter. The initial adoption of emergency regulations and one readoption of the initial regulations shall be deemed to be an emergency and necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, or general welfare. Initial emergency regulations and the first readoption of those regulations shall be exempt from review by the Office of Administrative Law. The emergency regulations authorized by this section shall be submitted to the Office of Administrative Law for filing with the Secretary of State and publication in the California Code of Regulations and shall remain in effect for not more than 180 days.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 197, Sec. 8. Effective July 22, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 4 - California Safe Drinking Water Act › ARTICLE 3 - Operations › Section 116380.

116380. (a) The State Water Resources Control Board shall adopt regulations governing the use of point-of-entry and point-of-use treatment by public water systems in lieu of centralized treatment where it can be demonstrated that centralized treatment is not immediately economically feasible, limited to the following:
(1) Water systems with less than 200 service connections.
(2) Usage not prohibited by the federal Safe Drinking Water Act and its implementing regulations and guidance.
(3) Water systems that have submitted applications for funding to correct the violations for which the point-of-entry and point-of-use treatment is provided.
(b) The State Water Resources Control Board shall adopt emergency regulations governing the permitted use of point-of-entry and point-of-use treatment by public water systems in lieu of centralized treatment.
(1) The emergency regulations shall comply with Section 116552, and shall comply with all of the requirements set forth in subdivision (a) applicable to nonemergency regulations, but shall not be subject to the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code). The emergency regulations shall take effect when filed with the Secretary of State, and shall be published in the California Code of Regulations.
(2) The emergency regulations adopted pursuant to this subdivision shall remain in effect until the earlier of January 1, 2018, or the effective date of regulations adopted pursuant to subdivision (a).
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 663, Sec. 1. (AB 434) Effective October 9, 2015.)