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Public commenter says Cal Water's backflow requirement is blocking Stockton housing for former foster youth
Summary
A Stockton developer and family members told the State Water Board Cal Water is withholding meters and requiring an unnecessary backflow prevention assembly, jeopardizing financing for a new four-unit housing project for former foster youth.
Kimberly Graves, a Stockton resident who said she is developing a four-unit housing project for former foster youth, told the State Water Resources Control Board that Cal Water has required an RPZ backflow prevention assembly for the project and withheld meters, a condition she said is unnecessary under the codes and jeopardizes financing.
Graves explained she has designed the building under the 2022 California Plumbing Code with one-inch piping and anti‑siphon fixtures, and she said the property has no auxiliary water source, well or irrigation system that could create a cross-connection. "I will actually…
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