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McFarland mayor urges State Water Board to approve emergency funding, restore wastewater project priority
Summary
McFarland officials told the State Water Resources Control Board the city faces an immediate drinking-water crisis that costs about $100,000 per month to treat and urged the board to approve an urgent drinking-water application and reinstate a $17 million wastewater expansion on the board's priority funding list.
McFarland's mayor told the State Water Resources Control Board on March 4 that the city is relying on temporary treatment and emergency wells after two of five wells went out of service and that the cost to run the short-term system is roughly $100,000 per month.
The mayor said the temporary facility was installed in 2024 to remove nitrate levels that exceed the state's acceptable limits and that, without immediate funding, the city may be unable to meet its residents' needs. The mayor asked the board to approve McFarland's urgent drinking-water needs application and to reinstate a $17 million wastewater expansion project to the board's priority funding list.
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