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Board presents point‑of‑use and point‑of‑entry report; pilots to target education, certification and workforce
Summary
The State Water Board discussed a report and three active pilot efforts aimed at expanding use of point‑of‑use (POU) and point‑of‑entry (POE) treatment for homes, schools and small public water systems. Staff said POU/POE can be a pragmatic tool for small systems where centralized treatment is infeasible but emphasized the need for certif
State Water Resources Control Board staff briefed the SAFER advisory group on a recent report and pilot projects intended to make point‑of‑use (POU) and point‑of‑entry (POE) treatments safer and more scalable for communities where full centralized treatment is not feasible.
Chad Fisher, supervising water resources control engineer in the Division of Drinking Water, reviewed the technical differences: a point‑of‑use device typically treats a single tap (often a kitchen sink) and supplies only that outlet with treated water, while a point‑of‑entry system treats all water entering a home. “A point of use device… is usually located underneath the kitchen sink,” Fisher said; POE systems are larger units that treat all household water.
Fisher said the board’s POU/POE white paper…
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