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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 116385.

116385. (a)  Any person operating a public water system shall obtain and provide at that person’s expense an analysis of the water to the state board, in the form, covering those matters, and at intervals as the state board by regulation may prescribe. The analysis shall be performed by a laboratory duly certified by the state board.
(b) The adoption of regulations under this section relating to the form or format of, and intervals at which, the analysis shall be provided and any amendments to that regulation 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 or amendments to that 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. The state board shall hold a public hearing before adopting the regulations.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 187, Sec. 3. (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 3 - Operations › Section 116390.

116390. (a)  No laboratory, other than a laboratory operated by the department, shall perform tests required pursuant to this chapter for any public water system without first obtaining a certificate issued by the department pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 100825) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 101.
(b)  No person or public entity of the state shall contract with a laboratory for environmental analyses for which the state department requires certification pursuant to this section, unless the laboratory holds a valid certificate.
(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 734, Sec. 8. 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 3 - Operations › Section 116400.

116400. If the department determines that a public water system is subject to potential contamination, the department may, by order, require the public water system to conduct a periodic water analysis in accordance with conditions specified by the department. The water analysis shall be reported on a quarterly basis, unless the department finds that reasonable action requires either more or less frequent analysis.
(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 116405.

116405. (a)  In counties with a population not exceeding 500,000 persons as shown by the 1970 federal decennial census, any public water system supplying both domestic and untreated irrigation water in separate pressurized systems that were in existence prior to January 1, 1990, and that is operated by an incorporated or unincorporated association of users, shall not require protection against backflow into the domestic water system from premises receiving both the water services and having available no other source of water, except where interconnection between the systems has taken place. It shall be a misdemeanor for any person to knowingly interconnect the water services on a user’s premises without installing a backflow protection device approved by the state department.
(b)  Regulations of the state department requiring the installation of backflow protection shall not be continued to require the installation of the protection in any public water system described in subdivision (a), except as provided in that subdivision.
(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 116407.

116407. (a) On or before January 1, 2020, the state board shall adopt standards for backflow protection and cross-connection control.
(b) (1) The state board may implement subdivision (a) 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. The policy handbook shall include standards for backflow protection and cross-connection control. In developing the standards and any amendments to those standards, the state board shall consult with state and local agencies and other persons whom the state board has identified as having expertise in the subject of backflow protection and cross-connection control. The state board shall hold at least two public hearings before adopting the policy handbook. The policy handbook shall be posted on the board’s internet website.
(2) (A) The policy handbook described in this subdivision shall include provisions for the use of a swivel or changeover device to supply potable water to a dual-plumbed system during an interruption in recycled water service.
(B) The use of a swivel or changeover device shall be consistent with any notification and backflow protection provisions contained in the policy handbook.
(c) (1) Upon the effective date of a policy handbook adopted by the state board pursuant to subdivision (b), the regulations set forth in Article 1 (commencing with Section 7583) and Article 2 (commencing with Section 7601) of Group 4 of Subchapter 1 of Chapter 5 of Division 1 of Title 17 of the California Code of Regulations shall become inoperative, and, 90 days thereafter, are repealed, unless the state board makes a determination not to repeal a specific regulation.
(2) If the state board determines not to repeal a specific regulation pursuant to paragraph (1), the state board shall provide to the Office of Administrative Law and the Secretary of State written notice of its determination, including identification of the specific regulation that is not repealed. That regulation, upon the provision of that written notice to the Office of Administrative Law and the Secretary of State, shall become operative.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 455, Sec. 2. (AB 1180) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 4 - California Safe Drinking Water Act › ARTICLE 3.5 - Fluoridation of Drinking Water › Section 116409.

116409. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a) Promotion of the public health of Californians of all ages by protection and maintenance of dental health through the fluoridation of drinking water is a paramount issue of statewide concern.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article to preempt local government regulations, ordinances, and initiatives that prohibit or restrict the fluoridation of drinking water by public water systems with 10,000 or more service connections, without regard to whether the public water system might otherwise be exempt from Section 116410 or the requirements of this section, pursuant to Section 116415.
(c) It is further the intent of the Legislature in establishing this article to decrease the burden the Medi-Cal and the Denti-Cal programs place upon the state’s limited funds.
(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 727, Sec. 2. 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 3.6 - Constituents of Emerging Concern Action Fund › Section 116416.

116416. For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:
(a) “CEC” means a constituent of emerging concern.
(b) “Panel” means the Science Advisory Panel for CECs in drinking water specified in Section 116418.
(c) “Program” means the Constituents of Emerging Concern in Drinking Water Program specified in Section 116417.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 676, Sec. 2. (SB 230) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 4 - California Safe Drinking Water Act › ARTICLE 3.6 - Constituents of Emerging Concern Action Fund › Section 116417.

116417. (a) The state board shall build upon its existing work dealing with, and work to improve its knowledge of, CECs in waters of the state and drinking water. As part of the state board’s work on CECs, the deputy director shall work to improve the knowledge of CECs in drinking water by assessing the state of information, and may recommend areas for further studies, such as the following:
(1) The occurrence of CECs in drinking water.
(2) Fate, transport, and biodegradation of CECs.
(3) Water treatment and laboratory analyses.
(4) The potential effects on public health of CECs in drinking water.
(b) The state board may establish, maintain, and direct a dedicated program called the Constituents of Emerging Concern in Drinking Water Program.
(c) Nothing in this article limits the state board’s existing authority to act on CECs.
(d) Nothing in this article changes or interferes with the state board’s ongoing activities on CECs.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 676, Sec. 2. (SB 230) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 4 - California Safe Drinking Water Act › ARTICLE 3.6 - Constituents of Emerging Concern Action Fund › Section 116418.

116418. (a) The deputy director may convene a Science Advisory Panel for CECs in drinking water.
(b) (1) The panel may include at least nine members comprised of the following:
(A) Seven experts appointed by the deputy director from the following fields:
(i) Public health sciences.
(ii) Water and wastewater, including water treatment, engineering.
(iii) Toxicology.
(iv) Epidemiology.
(v) Chemical sciences.
(vi) Biological sciences, including pathogens.
(vii) Human health risk assessment.
(B) One expert in public health who has expertise in water contamination, appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly within 60 days of the deputy director calling for the formation of the panel.
(C) One expert in public health who has expertise in water contamination, appointed by the President pro Tempore of the Senate within 60 days of the deputy director calling for the formation of the panel.
(2) Panel members shall not have financial conflicts of interest.
(c) The deputy director may adjust panel membership numbers and composition, as necessary.
(d) Any science advisory panel convened pursuant to this section shall hold at least one open public session to take public comment before releasing any final reports or findings.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 676, Sec. 2. (SB 230) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 4 - California Safe Drinking Water Act › ARTICLE 3.6 - Constituents of Emerging Concern Action Fund › Section 116419.

116419. (a) The panel shall serve at the direction of the deputy director. At the deputy director’s request, the panel’s duties may include, but are not limited to, any of the following activities in consultation with the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment and, as needed, the Department of Toxic Substances Control:
(1) Review existing data, including, but not limited to, occurrence and toxicity data, for CECs collected by the state board and nationwide by the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule program and recommend to the deputy director further actions based on state-specific conditions and the state’s CEC initiatives.
(2) Identify CEC candidates based on potential public health effects.
(3) Incorporate recommendations from other ongoing efforts evaluating CECs both within California and throughout the United States, as applicable.
(4) Review the existing CEC risk-based framework in aquatic and recycled water systems to see if the framework is applicable to drinking water.
(5) Recommend a framework for a risk-based screening program for CECs and appropriate indicators and surrogates that consider their occurrence in drinking water, contribution and fate in the environment, and potential for human exposure.
(6) Review the results of any screening program, which may include screening programs within California and throughout the United States, and provide recommendations to assist the deputy director in prioritizing, monitoring, evaluating health impacts, and informing regulatory determinations for CECs.
(7) Address the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s Contaminant Candidate List and not create any impediments to complying with federal law or duplicative monitoring.
(b) Nothing in this section or Section 116418 shall duplicate, change, or interfere with the state board’s or the deputy director’s ongoing efforts on perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances and CECs.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 676, Sec. 2. (SB 230) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 4 - California Safe Drinking Water Act › ARTICLE 3.6 - Constituents of Emerging Concern Action Fund › Section 116420.

116420. (a) If the state board imposes CEC monitoring requirements pursuant to Section 116375, the state board may provide financial assistance, upon appropriation by the Legislature for this purpose, to eligible recipients. Eligible recipients of these funds shall be community water systems serving fewer than 10,000 individuals and located in disadvantaged communities. The state board may also provide funding to technical assistance providers that assist eligible recipients in complying with CEC monitoring imposed by the state board.
(b) For purposes of this section,
“technical assistance provider” has the same meaning as defined in Section 116767.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 676, Sec. 2. (SB 230) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 4 - California Safe Drinking Water Act › ARTICLE 3.6 - Constituents of Emerging Concern Action Fund › Section 116421.

116421. The Legislature finds and declares that the program is intended to help inform the deputy director in recommending regulatory determinations for CECs and is not intended to supersede any requirements related to setting drinking water standards or a public health goal as prescribed in Section 116365 or a notification level or a response level as prescribed in Section 116455.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 676, Sec. 2. (SB 230) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 4 - California Safe Drinking Water Act › ARTICLE 3.6 - Constituents of Emerging Concern Action Fund › Section 116423.

116423. (a) The program shall provide opportunities for public participation. Public participation may include, but is not limited to, conducting periodic stakeholder meetings and workshops to solicit relevant information, data, suggestions, and feedback for the development and implementation of the program.
(b) The state board may maintain a program internet website and make relevant research, reports, and data available to the public.
(c) The state board may provide an annual program update, as an informational item, at a regularly noticed meeting of the state board.
(d) (1) If the deputy director convenes a panel pursuant to this article, the deputy director shall, three years after the panel is convened, post a report to the state board’s internet website on the work conducted by the panel.
(2) The requirement for posting a report imposed under paragraph (1) is inoperative on June 1, 2030.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 676, Sec. 2. (SB 230) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 4 - California Safe Drinking Water Act › ARTICLE 3.6 - Constituents of Emerging Concern Action Fund › Section 116424.

116424. Implementation of this article is contingent upon an appropriation by the Legislature for purposes of this article in the annual Budget Act or another statute.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 676, Sec. 2. (SB 230) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 4 - California Safe Drinking Water Act › ARTICLE 5 - Public Notification › Section 116451.

116451. If user notification is required pursuant to Section 116450, the department shall make a reasonable effort to ensure that notification is given.
(Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 298, Sec. 14. (AB 1540) 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 5 - Public Notification › Section 116456.

116456. (a) When establishing or revising a notification level or response level, the state board shall do all of the following:
(1) Electronically post on its internet website and distribute through email a notice informing interested persons that the state board has initiated the development or revision of a notification level or response level.
(2) Electronically post on its internet website and distribute through email a notice that a proposed notification level or response level is available. The notice shall include an electronic link to an internet webpage where the proposed level can be viewed electronically along with the complete study or studies or an electronic link to the complete study or studies, and the notification level recommendations document provided to the state board by the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, if applicable, that were used to establish the level. The state board shall not make available or provide an electronic link to a study that is not subject to disclosure under the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code). The notice shall indicate whether the study or studies were peer reviewed and whether only one study was used. Notice and document availability shall occur at least 30 days before the meeting required pursuant to paragraph (3).
(3) Before a proposed notification level or response level is finalized, include, as an informational item, the proposed notification level or response level at a regularly noticed meeting of the state board.
(b) If the Division of Drinking Water of the state board finds that a contaminant presents the potential for imminent harm to public health and safety, paragraph (3) of subdivision (a), and the requirement to publish the proposed level and the 30-day deadline for the notice and document availability requirement in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a), shall not apply to the establishment or revision of the notification level or response level for the contaminant. At the time the notification level or response level is established or revised, the division shall post the information specified in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) and any other information supporting its finding that the contaminant presents the potential for imminent harm to public health and safety. Within 45 days of establishing or revising the notification level or response level, the state board shall include, as an informational item, the notification level or response level at a regularly noticed meeting of the state board.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 615, Sec. 280. (AB 474) Effective January 1, 2022. Operative January 1, 2023, pursuant to Sec. 463 of Stats. 2021, Ch. 615.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 4 - California Safe Drinking Water Act › ARTICLE 5 - Public Notification › Section 116460.

116460. No person shall operate a public water system without an emergency notification plan that has been submitted to and approved by the department. The emergency notification plan shall provide for immediate notice to the customers of the public water system of any significant rise in the bacterial count of water or other failure to comply with any primary drinking water standard that represents an imminent danger to the health of the water users.
No permit, variance, or exemption may be issued or amended under this chapter until an emergency notification plan has been approved by the department.
The department shall adopt regulations to implement the provisions of this section. The regulations may provide for the exclusion of public water systems from the requirements of this section when, in the judgment of the department, the exclusion will best serve the public interest.
(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 5 - Public Notification › Section 116465.

116465. Upon formal complaint by the director alleging that additional facilities are necessary to provide the users of a public water system operated by a public utility under the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission with a continuous and adequate supply of water or to bring the water system into conformity with secondary drinking water standards, the commission may, after hearing, direct the public utility to make the changes in its procedures or additions to its facilities as the commission shall determine are necessary to provide a continuous and adequate supply of water to the users thereof or to bring the system into conformity with secondary drinking water standards. Any proceeding of the commission pursuant to this article shall be conducted as provided in Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 1701) of Part 1 of Division 1 of the Public Utilities Code, and any order issued by the commission pursuant to this action shall be subject to judicial review as provided in Chapter 9.
(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 5 - Public Notification › Section 116475.

116475. (a)  The Emergency Clean Water Grant Fund is hereby established in the General Fund and, notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, is continuously appropriated to the department, without regard to fiscal years, to provide financial assistance to public water systems and to fund emergency actions by the department to ensure that safe drinking water supplies are available to all Californians who are served by public water systems.
(b)  The department may expend funds in the Emergency Clean Water Grant Fund for the purposes specified in subdivision (a), including, but not limited to, payment for all of the following actions:
(1)  The provision of alternative water supplies and bottled water.
(2)  Improvements of the existing water supply system.
(3)  Hookups with adjacent water systems.
(4)  Design, purchase, installation, and operation and maintenance of water treatment technologies.
(c)  The department shall develop and revise guidelines for the allocation and administration of moneys in the Emergency Clean Water Grant Fund. These guidelines shall include, but are not limited to, all of the following:
(1)  A definition of what constitutes an emergency requiring an alternative or improved water supply.
(2)  Priorities and procedures for allocating funds.
(3)  Repayment provisions, as appropriate.
(4)  Procedures for recovering funds from parties responsible for the contamination of public water supplies.
The guidelines are not subject to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
(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 5 - Public Notification › Section 116480.

116480. (a) The department shall expend moneys available in the Emergency Clean Water Grant Fund only for the purpose of taking corrective action necessary to remedy or prevent an emergency or imminent threat to public health due to the contamination or potential contamination of the public water supply.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department may enter into written contracts for remedial action taken or to be taken pursuant to subdivision (a), and may enter into oral contracts, not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) in obligation, when, in the judgment of the department, immediate remedial action is necessary to remedy or prevent an emergency specified in subdivision (a). The contracts, written or oral, may include provisions for the rental or purchase of tools and equipment, either with or without operators, for the furnishing of labor and materials and for engineering consulting necessary to accomplish the work.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 614, 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 5 - Public Notification › Section 116485.

116485. Any remedial action taken or contracted for by the department pursuant to Section 116480 shall be exempt from the following provisions:
(a)  State Contract Act provided for pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 10100) of Part 2 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code.
(b)  Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 4525) of Division 5 of Title 1 of the Government Code.
(c)  Section 14780 of the Government Code and Article 5 (commencing with Section 10355) of Chapter 2 of Part 2 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code.
(d)  Article 4 (commencing with Section 10335) of Chapter 2 of Part 2 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code.
(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 6 - Enforcement Responsibility › Section 116500.

116500. This chapter shall be enforced directly by the department for all public water systems, including state small water systems, in any county that does not have a local health officer, or contracts with the department for environmental health services pursuant to Section 1157 and elects not to enforce this chapter.
(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 7 - Requirements and Compliance › Section 116525.

116525. (a)  No person shall operate a public water system unless he or she first submits an application to the department and receives a permit as provided in this chapter. A change in ownership of a public water system shall require the submission of a new application.
(b)  The department may require a new application whenever a change in regulatory jurisdiction has occurred.
(c)  The department may renew, reissue, revise, or amend any domestic water supply permit whenever the department deems it to be necessary for the protection of public health whether or not an application has been filed.
(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 7 - Requirements and Compliance › Section 116530.

116530. (a) A public water system shall submit a technical report to the state board as part of the permit application or when otherwise required by the state board. This report may include, but not be limited to, detailed plans and specifications, water quality information, physical descriptions of the existing or proposed system, information related to technical, managerial, and financial capacity and sustainability, and information related to achieving the goals of Section 106.3 of the Water Code, including affordability and accessibility.
(b) A public water system shall submit the report in the form and format and at intervals specified by the state board.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 120, Sec. 6. (SB 200) Effective July 24, 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 7 - Requirements and Compliance › Section 116535.

116535. Upon determination that an application submitted pursuant to this chapter is complete, the department shall make a thorough investigation of the proposed or existing plant, works, system, or water supply, and all other circumstances and conditions that it deems material, including any required financial assurance information.
(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 7 - Requirements and Compliance › Section 116540.

116540. (a) Following completion of the investigation and satisfaction of the requirements of paragraphs (1) and (2), the state board shall issue or deny the permit. The state board may impose permit conditions, requirements for system improvements, technical, financial, or managerial requirements, and time schedules as it deems necessary to ensure a reliable and adequate supply of water at all times that is pure, wholesome, potable, and does not endanger the health of consumers.
(1) A public water system that was not in existence on January 1, 1998, shall not be granted a permit unless the public water system demonstrates to the state board that the water supplier possesses adequate financial, managerial, and technical capability to ensure the delivery of pure, wholesome, and potable drinking water. This section shall also apply to any change of ownership of a public water system.
(2) A permit under this chapter shall not be issued to an association organized under Title 3 (commencing with Section 18000) of the Corporations Code. This section shall not apply to unincorporated associations that, as of December 31, 1990, are holders of a permit issued under this chapter.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 116330, a local primacy agency shall not issue a permit under this article without the concurrence of the state board.
(c) In considering whether to approve a proposed new public water system, the state board shall consider the sustainability of the proposed new public water system and its water supply in the reasonably foreseeable future, in view of global climate change, potential migration of groundwater contamination and other potential treatment needs, and other factors that can significantly erode a system’s capacity.
(d) If the state board determines that it is feasible for the service area of the public water system addressed by an application under this article to be served by one or more permitted public water systems identified pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of Section 116527, the state board may deny the permit of a proposed new public water system.
(e) An applicant may petition the state board for reconsideration of a decision of action of the deputy director taken pursuant to this section.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 120, Sec. 7. (SB 200) Effective July 24, 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 7 - Requirements and Compliance › Section 116545.

116545. Prior to the issuance of any new, revised, renewed, or amended permit, or the denial of a permit, the department may conduct a public hearing to obtain additional public comment. Notice of the hearing shall be provided to the applicant and interested persons at least 30 days prior to the hearing. The department may require the applicant to distribute the notice of the hearing to affected consumers.
(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 7 - Requirements and Compliance › Section 116550.

116550. (a)  No person operating a public water system shall modify, add to or change his or her source of supply or method of treatment of, or change his or her distribution system as authorized by a valid existing permit issued to him or her by the department unless the person first submits an application to the department and receives an amended permit as provided in this chapter authorizing the modification, addition, or change in his or her source of supply or method of treatment.
(b)  Unless otherwise directed by the department, changes in distribution systems may be made without the submission of a permit application if the changes comply in all particulars with the waterworks standards.
(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 7 - Requirements and Compliance › Section 116551.

116551. The state board shall not issue a permit to a public water system or amend a valid existing permit for the use of a reservoir as a source of supply that is directly augmented with recycled water, as defined in subdivision (n) of Section 13050 of the Water Code, unless the state board does all of the following:
(a)  Performs an engineering evaluation that evaluates the proposed treatment technology and finds that the proposed technology will ensure that the recycled water meets all applicable primary and secondary drinking water standards and poses no significant threat to public health.
(b)  Holds at least three duly noticed public hearings in the area where the recycled water is proposed to be used or supplied for human consumption to receive public testimony on that proposed use. The state board shall make available to the public, not less than 10 days prior to the date of the first hearing held pursuant to this subdivision, the evaluations and findings made pursuant to subdivision (a).
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 673, Sec. 7. (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 7 - Requirements and Compliance › Section 116552.

116552. The State Water Resources Control Board shall not issue a permit to a public water system or amend a valid existing permit to allow the use of point-of-use or point-of-entry treatment unless the State Water Resources Control Board determines, after conducting a public hearing in the community served by the public water system, that there is no substantial community opposition to the installation of the treatment devices. The issuance of a permit pursuant to this section shall be limited to not more than three years or until funding for centralized treatment is available, whichever occurs first.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 663, Sec. 2. (AB 434) Effective October 9, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 4 - California Safe Drinking Water Act › ARTICLE 7 - Requirements and Compliance › Section 116555.

116555. (a) Any person who owns a public water system shall ensure that the system does all of the following:
(1) Complies with primary and secondary drinking water standards.
(2) Will not be subject to backflow under normal operating conditions.
(3)  Provides a reliable and adequate supply of pure, wholesome, healthful, and potable water.
(4) Employs or utilizes only water treatment operators that have been certified by the state board at the appropriate grade.
(5) Complies with the operator certification program established pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 106875) of Chapter 4 of Part 1.
(b) Any person who owns a community water system or a nontransient noncommunity water system shall do all of the following:
(1) Employ or utilize only water distribution system operators who have been certified by the state board at the appropriate grade for positions in responsible charge of the distribution system.
(2) Place the direct supervision of the water system, including water treatment plants, water distribution systems, or both under the responsible charge of an operator or operators holding a valid certification equal to or greater than the classification of the treatment plant and the distribution system.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 561, Sec. 133. (AB 1516) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 4 - California Safe Drinking Water Act › ARTICLE 7 - Requirements and Compliance › Section 116555.5.

116555.5. A public water system shall implement a cross-connection control program that complies with applicable regulations and with standards adopted by the board pursuant to Section 116407.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 533, Sec. 2. (AB 1671) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 4 - California Safe Drinking Water Act › ARTICLE 7 - Requirements and Compliance › Section 116556.

116556. Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of Section 116555 and its implementing regulations, including Sections 64562 and 64568 of the California Code of Regulations, the Redwood Valley County Water District, in order to relieve hardship, may make not more than 135 new
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(a)  The district has a contract, agreement, or independent water right to divert water from Lake Mendocino or another adequate source of water supply.
(b)  Redwood Valley is an allowed place of use under that contract, agreement, or water right.
(c)  The department has determined that the water source provides an adequate physical supply of water under its duly adopted waterworks standards.
(d)  The connection will relieve hardship, as determined by the district based on objective proof that the structure served by the connection was constructed prior to December 31, 1997, and absent a connection, only has access to a water supply that furnishes an inadequate quality or quantity of water as measured by drinking water standards adopted by the district.
(e)  The connections authorized by this section are in addition to connections otherwise allowed by law, including connections authorized by Section 116555.
(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 259, Sec. 3. Effective August 4, 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 7 - Requirements and Compliance › Section 116577.

116577. (a)  Each person shall reimburse the state board for actual costs incurred by the state board for any of the following enforcement activities related to that person:
(1)  Preparing, issuing, and monitoring compliance with, an order or a citation.
(2)  Preparing and issuing public notification.
(3)  Conducting a hearing pursuant to Section 116625.
(b)  The state board shall submit an invoice for these enforcement costs to the person that requires payment before September 1 of the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the costs were incurred. The invoice shall indicate the total hours expended, the reasons for the expenditure, and the hourly cost rate of the state board. The costs set forth in the invoice shall not exceed the total actual costs to the state board of enforcement activities specified in this section.
(c)  Notwithstanding the reimbursement of enforcement costs of the local primacy agency pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 116595 by a public water system under the jurisdiction of the local primacy agency, a public water system or other person shall also reimburse enforcement costs, if any, incurred by the state board pursuant to this section.
(d)  “Enforcement costs,” as used in this section, does not include “litigation costs” pursuant to Section 116585.
(e)  The state board shall not be entitled to enforcement costs pursuant to this section if a court determines that enforcement activities were in error.
(f) Payment of the invoice shall be made within 90 days of the date of the invoice. Failure to pay the invoice within 90 days shall result in a 10-percent late penalty that shall be paid in addition to the invoiced amount.
(g) The state board may, at its sole discretion, waive payment by a public water system of all or any part of the invoice or penalty.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 810, Sec. 2. (AB 664) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 4 - California Safe Drinking Water Act › ARTICLE 7 - Requirements and Compliance › Section 116585.

116585. In a civil court action brought to enforce this chapter, the prevailing party or parties shall be awarded litigation costs, including, but not limited to, salaries, benefits, travel expenses, operating equipment, administrative, overhead, other litigation costs, and attorney’s fees, as determined by the court. Litigation costs awarded to the state board by the court shall be deposited into the Safe Drinking Water Account. Litigation costs awarded to a local primacy agency by the court shall be used by that local primacy agency to offset the local primacy agency’s litigation costs.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 24, Sec. 24. (SB 83) Effective June 24, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 4 - California Safe Drinking Water Act › ARTICLE 7 - Requirements and Compliance › Section 116590.

116590. (a) Funds received by the state board pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited into the Safe Drinking Water Account, which is hereby established, and shall be available for use by the state board, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the purpose of providing funds necessary to administer this chapter and the Water Shutoff Protection Act (Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 116900)).
(b) A public water system may collect a fee from its customers to recover the fees paid by the public water system pursuant to this chapter.
(c) The total amount of funds received for state operations program costs to administer this chapter for fiscal year 2016–17 shall not exceed thirty-eight million nine hundred seven thousand dollars ($38,907,000) and the total amount of funds received for administering this chapter for each fiscal year thereafter shall not increase by more than 5 percent of the amount received in the previous fiscal year plus any changes to salary, benefit, and retirement adjustments contained in each annual Budget Act.
(d) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2016.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 855, Sec. 1. (SB 3) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 4 - California Safe Drinking Water Act › ARTICLE 7 - Requirements and Compliance › Section 116595.

116595. (a)  A public water system under the jurisdiction of a local primacy agency shall reimburse the local primacy agency for any enforcement cost incurred by the local primacy agency related to any of the following relating to that water system:
(1)  Preparing, issuing, and monitoring compliance with, an order or a citation.
(2)  Preparing and issuing public notification.
(3)  Conducting a hearing pursuant to Section 116625.
(b) The local primacy agency shall submit an invoice to the public water system that requires payment, before September 1 of the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the costs were incurred. The invoice shall indicate the total hours expended, the reasons for the expenditure, and the hourly cost rate of the local primacy agency. The invoice shall not exceed the total costs to the local primacy agency of enforcement activities specified in this subdivision. Notwithstanding the reimbursement to the state board of enforcement costs, if any, pursuant to Section 116577, any public water system under the jurisdiction of the local primacy agency shall also reimburse the local primacy agency for enforcement costs incurred by the local primacy agency pursuant to this section. The local primacy agency shall not be entitled to enforcement costs pursuant to this subdivision if a court determines that enforcement activities were in error. “Enforcement costs” as used in this subdivision does not include “litigation costs” as used in Section 116585.
(c) Payment of the invoice shall be made within 90 days of the date of the invoice. Failure to pay the invoice within 90 days shall result in a 10-percent late penalty that shall be paid in addition to the invoiced amount.
(d) The local primacy agency may, in its sole discretion, waive payment by a public water system of all or any part of the invoice or the penalty.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 24, Sec. 27. (SB 83) Effective June 24, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 4 - California Safe Drinking Water Act › ARTICLE 7 - Requirements and Compliance › Section 116596.

116596. (a) The state board shall require a public water system that has experienced a wildfire event of 300 acres or more, if the event damaged or destroyed a structure or structures connected to the public water system’s water distribution system, to perform sample collection and analysis of its source waters, treatment facilities, conveyance facilities, distribution systems, or a combination thereof, for the presence of benzene as soon as it is safe to do so.
(b) If a public water system conducts sampling and finds detectable concentrations of benzene, the state board may require a public water system response, including all the following:
(1) A requirement that investigation and additional testing be completed in consultation with, or at the direction of, the state board.
(2) Timelines for investigation and additional testing.
(3) Additional testing frequency and duration.
(4) Additional testing locations, such as specific locations within a distribution system.
(5) Flushing prior to confirmed detections of contamination.
(6) Requirements to provide notice to affected customers upon a finding of contamination, including the form and content of the notices and when the notice shall be provided.
(7) Remediation measures if contamination is found in the source waters, treatment facilities, conveyance facilities, distribution systems, or a combination thereof, such as taking sources offline, flushing within the distribution system, repairs, and replacements.
(c) For purposes of this section, “wildfire” has the same meaning as defined in Section 51177 of the Government Code.
(d) This section does not limit the state board’s authority under any other law.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 530, Sec. 2. (AB 541) Effective January 1, 2024.)