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Board reviews draft 2025 Safe Drinking Water Plan; staff seeks public comment through Aug. 29
Summary
State Water Board staff presented the draft 2025 Safe Drinking Water Plan, a statutory five‑year report, and opened a public comment period running through August 29.
State Water Resources Control Board staff presented the draft 2025 Safe Drinking Water Plan at a July 15 workshop, describing the plan as the five‑year, statute‑directed review of California’s drinking water programs and a platform for recommendations to improve access to reliable, safe drinking water.
The draft is the fourth update of the plan (1993, 2015, 2020 and 2025) and contains more than 70 recommendations grouped around four cross-cutting themes: emergency preparedness, sustainability and technical/managerial/financial (TMF) capacity, equity and the human right to water, and program action. Staff said the plan was posted July 7 and that the public comment period will close at noon on August 29.
Why it matters Staff told the board that while about 98% of Californians served by public water systems receive water…
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