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State launches wastewater needs assessment; East Orosi named candidate for sewer‑system administrator
Summary
State Water Board staff described a statewide wastewater needs assessment underway (multiyear contract led by UCLA) and explained that, under AB 805, the board has initiated an administrator‑designation process for the disadvantaged community East Orosi as a pilot to move sanitation work forward.
State Water Resources Control Board staff told a water quality coordinating committee that the board is implementing a statewide wastewater needs assessment and piloting sewer‑system administrator authority under new state law to address communities without adequate sanitation.
Staff said the human right to water movement and earlier drinking‑water needs work inspired parallel attention to sanitation. The board contracted a multiyear study (UCLA as lead investigator under a $4 million contract) to create a statewide inventory of inadequate and at‑risk wastewater systems, develop a risk framework and map communities with sanitation needs. The needs assessment is planned in two phases: Phase 1 (baseline assessment, advisory…
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