Water System Failures and Solutions

Citations and References

1. Hillel Aron, Audit: Nearly a million Californians lack access to safe drinking water, COURTHOUSE NEWS, Jul. 26, 2022 https://www.courthousenews.com/nearly-a-million-californians-lack-access-to-safe-drinking-water-according-to-state-audit/.

2. U.S. EPA, Point-of-Use or Point-of Entry Treatment Options for Small Drinking Water Systems, Apr. 2006, https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2015-09/documents/guide_smallsystems_pou-poe_june6-2006.pdf (stating the SDWA strictly prohibits EPA from listing the use of POU devices as a compliance technology for any MCL or treatment technique requirement for a microbial contaminant or indicator of a microbial contaminant).

3. State Water Resources Control Board, Typical Equipment Life Expectancy, Sep. 2003, https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/drinking_water/certlic/drinkingwater/documents/tmfplanningandreports/Typical_life.pdf (25-35 year lifetime).

4. Cal. Gov. Code § 56133.