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Contra Costa to return regulation of most small public water systems to state; county raises fees for smallest systems
Summary
The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Oct. 7 to adopt higher permit fees for the county'''s smallest nonpublic water systems and to notify the State Water Resources Control Board that it will end a local primacy delegation so the state will assume oversight of 75 small public systems beginning after Feb. 2026.
The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors on Oct. 7 voted unanimously to increase regulatory permit fees for the county'''s smallest nonpublic water systems and directed staff to initiate termination of the county'''s local primacy agency (LPA) delegation agreement with the State Water Resources Control Board, returning oversight of most small public water systems to the state after the county'''s February 2026 permit year.
County Environmental Health Director Christian Lucas told supervisors the county currently administers delegated oversight for 75 small public water systems (15'''199 service connections) and directly regulates another 34 smaller nonpublic systems (2'''14 connections). Staff and an outside contractor concluded operating the delegated program…
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